Flood, Columbia/C & W Multnomah/Washington/Nw Clackamas
- When
- February 7, 12:00 AM PST to February 11, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Columbia/C & W Multnomah/Washington/Nw Clackamas forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Flooding in Oregon, February 7 to 11, 1999
Moderate rains following a prolonged period of saturated conditions and elevated streamflows resulted in minor flooding in Northwest Oregon. Flooding on coastal rivers subsided quickly, but elevated streamflows lingered on some of the slower responding rivers of interior Northwest Oregon.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Moderate rains following a prolonged period of saturated conditions and elevated streamflows resulted in minor flooding in Northwest Oregon. Flooding on coastal rivers subsided quickly, but elevated streamflows lingered on some of the slower responding rivers of interior Northwest Oregon. No property damage was reported. A few roads in rural Washington County near Dilley were closed by high water for several days.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- February 7, 12:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, February 7 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Illinois, February 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7 to 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Rip Current in Guam, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- High Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 7, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 1999
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: 5689139, 5689140.