Oregon, 1996

Flood in Oregon, January 17 to 18, 1996

January 17 to 18, 1996 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rainfall over the Central Oregon Coast caused small stream flooding. In Yachats, where up to 8 inches of rain fell in a 12 hour period, 4 homes were damaged in the flooding.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.

Heavy rainfall over the Central Oregon Coast caused small stream flooding. In Yachats, where up to 8 inches of rain fell in a 12 hour period, 4 homes were damaged in the flooding. Mudslides were also triggered by the rains. Mudslides damaged at least one home and cut highways in the Central Coast Mountains.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Central Oregon Coast

When
January 17, 3:00 PM PST to January 18, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Central Oregon Coast forecast zone

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5584333.