Oregon, 1998

Flood in Oregon, March 23, 1998

March 23, 1998 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When
March 23, 4:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where
Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone

Several creeks in the Meacham area were overflowing their banks and into pastures. Half an inch of precipitation fell in twelve hours.

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5634844.