Heavy Rain, Malheur
- When
- July 30, 5:00 PM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Malheur County, Brogan
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -117.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Oregon, July 30, 1996
Several severe thunderstorms produced heavy rain and damaging winds in Southeastern Oregon and Southwestern Idaho. In Owyhee county, winds gusted upto 64 miles an hour and later in the afternoon heavy rain fell near Givens Hot Springs causing water from a creek to cover a portion of Idaho Highway 78.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 BOI wrote it up.
Several severe thunderstorms produced heavy rain and damaging winds in Southeastern Oregon and Southwestern Idaho. In Owyhee county, winds gusted upto 64 miles an hour and later in the afternoon heavy rain fell near Givens Hot Springs causing water from a creek to cover a portion of Idaho Highway 78. In Malheur county Oregon, winds gusted to 61 miles and hour and later in the afternoon a storm produced a half an inch of rain in twenty minutes in Brogan. In Baker county Oregon, an inch of rain fell within an hour east of Baker City, thunderstorm winds also downed trees in Halfway and Richland. At Idaho City in Boise county, 0.30" fell in 10 minutes. Heavy rain and gusty winds to 60 miles an hour threatened the McCall community in Valley county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Alabama, July 30, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, July 30, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 30, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in Wyoming, July 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in West Virginia, July 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, July 30, 1996
- Tornado in West Virginia, July 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 1996
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5558870.