Monsoon-type rain fell just to our north over the weekend, with massive flooding in the Grays Harbor area and standing water in Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Other areas of the state had roads washed out and mudslides isolating some residents.
While the amounts varied around Clark County, the driest area was right along the Columbia River. In one 24-hour period, the Interstate 5 Bridge recorded 0.13 of an inch of rain, while Ariel had more than 4 inches. Here in Salmon Creek, I measured just 0.40 of an inch out of the warm weekend storm, while Phil Delany, who lives above Dole Valley, had 3.70 inches. Battle Ground had more than an inch.
Vancouver officially measured 0.28 of an inch. It was a dramatic line of rain on the radar, with most of it north of the fairgrounds in Clark County. Longview recorded 4.02 inches and Kelso, just to its south, 2.10 inches. Long Beach received 3.88 inches. It was wet on the northern Oregon Coast, with 4.57 inches at Cannon Beach and 3.84 inches in Astoria.
Black Knob on the southwest slopes of the Olympic Mountains was deluged, with 11.8 inches in a 24-hour period.
