Clark County continues to see a strong surge of rain to end an otherwise dry December, though flooding generally hasn’t been a problem in the Vancouver area.
Vancouver recorded 0.67 inch of rain both Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, bringing December’s total over 2 inches. The first 26 days of the month saw only 0.34 inch of rainfall combined, threatening to make 2011 the driest December on record.
The weather service had issued a statement earlier this week warning that some rivers and streams could rise rapidly due to the returning rainfall. But those warnings were lifted by Friday.
Earlier relatively warm weather systems had given way to much cooler temperatures by Friday night.
