Overview
- A flood warning for Hood River County is in effect from Thursday 11 p.m. to Friday 7:58 p.m., with the Hood River forecast to see its largest flood since February 1996.
- If the Hood River exceeds 16.0 feet, the NWS warns of significant bank erosion, flooding of low roads and property, and threats to the Hood River Railroad and nearby irrigation canals and headworks.
- Benton County is under a separate flood warning from Friday 3 a.m. to Saturday 12:15 a.m., with minor flooding forecast that approaches the Marys River flood of record near Philomath.
- Local impacts in Benton County may include flooding of homes in south Corvallis and sewer issues in Philomath once the Marys River rises above 20.5 feet.
- A broader flood watch runs from Thursday 3 a.m. to Saturday 4 a.m. for the East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades as well as North Central and Central Oregon, where small creeks and streams may overflow; the NWS urges, "Turn around, don't drown."