Saturday afternoon around 3:30, I gazed out my window to a dreary skyscape. It was nearly dark! Two good squall lines had moved through, one around noon and then other a couple of hours later. The river basins had capacity for the heavy but brief rains, but our storm drains didn’t. The National Weather Service in Portland issued an urban flood warning.
There was plenty of action after Friday’s cold front, with heavy thunderstorms, damaging winds and even a possible tornado near Lincoln City on Friday night. Heavy surf and high tides submerged many ocean beaches Saturday afternoon as water surged unprecedented distances inland.
Let’s review some October rainfall reports from around the region: Gary Collins, Brush Prairie, 5.47 inches; Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 6.41 inches; Tyler Mode, Minnehaha, 2.81 inches; Larry Lebsack, Northeast Hazel Dell, 4.03 inches; Pete Conrad, Tukes Mountain, Battle Ground, 4.65 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 9.97 inches; Jim Knoll, Orchards, 4.66 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 3.60 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 9.60 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 6.25 inches; Irv St. Germain, southwest Prune Hill, 5.02 inches; Phil Harris, Washougal, 5.69 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 3.74 inches; Bill Sobolewski, Livingston Mountain, 7.09 inches; Merle Moore, two miles west of Yacolt, 7.82 inches; Dan Hein, Camas, 5.32 inches; Murphy Dennis, Rawson Road near Clark Rifles, 7.26 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mount Vista, 5.24 inches; Ken McGowen, one mile northeast of the fairgrounds, 4.01 inches; and Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 3.60 inches.
Pat Timm: weathersystems.com.
