Heavy Rain, Umatilla
- When
- November 24, 2:00 AM PST to November 26, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Umatilla County, Meacham
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.592, -118.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Oregon, November 24 to 26, 1999
Strong orographic flow, coupled with a stationary front, lead to several days of heavy rain over the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. 87 inches of rain between the 24th and the 26th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 PDT wrote it up.
Strong orographic flow, coupled with a stationary front, lead to several days of heavy rain over the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. The Meacham ASOS site, at an elevation of 3720 ft, recorded 4.87 inches of rain between the 24th and the 26th. 4 inches of wet snow preceded the rain and led to the brief closing of Interstate 84. Several accidents occurred Wednesday near La Grande and Meacham Pass.
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
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 24 to 25, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 24 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 24 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, November 24 to 26, 1999
- Storm Surge in Alaska, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, November 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, November 24 to 25, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, November 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5722541.