Flooding in Oregon, November 25 to 27, 1999

Name: Flooding in Oregon, November 25 to 27, 1999
Start: 1999-11-25T03:00
End: 1999-11-27T21:00
Location: Oregon

November 25 to 27, 1999 · NWS PQR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

An early winter storm brought up to 10 inches of rain to the north Oregon coast causing flooding and landslides. 5 ft (5 ft over flood stage).

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4.7 million
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.

An early winter storm brought up to 10 inches of rain to the north Oregon coast causing flooding and landslides. In Tillamook County the Nehalem River reached 18.5 ft (5 ft over flood stage). In Lincoln County the Siletz River reached 28.5 ft (16 ft over flood stage). The Governor proclaimed a State of Emergency for both Tillamook and Lincoln Counties. Evacuations: 58 in Tillamook County and 12 in Lincoln County. Losses in Tillamook County: estimated at $1.35 million to private residences, business, farm, crop and livestock and another $1.06 million in roads. Losses in Lincoln County: estimated at residences $0.20 million, City of Toledo $0.20 million, roads $0.30 million and a residual slide estimated to cost $1.00 million. In addition state highway 18 estimated at $0.60 to repair.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Northern Coast

When: November 25, 3:00 AM PST to November 27, 9:00 PM PST
Where: Northern Coast forecast zone
Property damage: $2.4 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood, Central Coast

When: November 25, 3:00 AM PST to November 27, 9:00 PM PST
Where: Central Coast forecast zone
Property damage: $2.3 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

Every storm in Oregon in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5720628, 5720629.