Today’s stormy weather caused some power outages in Clark County and minor flooding at a fire station in Washougal.
The Camas-Washougal Fire Department reported flooding at the agency’s fire station at 1400 A St., where “surface water from the heavy rainfall ran into the station through the front door and saturated the office carpets,” the agency said in a press release.
A company was called to the station to remove as much water as it could, and it wasn’t clear whether the flooding caused permanent damage, the press release said.
For a time tonight, about 2,000 Clark Public Utilities customers — mostly in the northern part of the county — were without electricity as a storm buffeted the area and sent trees into power lines. The number of outages fluctuated through the evening, and hovered around 500 homes as of 9:30 p.m.
“We’ve got a lot of scattered outages across the county,” utility spokeswoman Erica Erland said, adding that most appeared to have been caused by stormy weather. She said utility crews would likely spend much of the evening in rural northern Clark County, finding and repairing outages.
Sensors at Pearson Airfield recorded 0.64 inch of rainfall there from noon to 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Later that afternoon, wind speeds kicked up to the high teens, with gusts recorded as high as 31 mph.
No potentially damaging weather was forecast for Clark County as of Tuesday evening, but typical November storms are expected.
The National Weather Service predicted showers and light winds today, followed by up to an inch of rain tonight. Another quarter or half inch of rain could fall Thursday before tapering off in the evening. Temperatures should be in the 40s to low 50s.
