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Event Details

Event Heavy Rain
State WASHINGTON
County/Area GRANT
WFO OTX
Begin Date 09/19/2010 16:00:00 PST-8
Begin Range 1
Begin Azimuth W
Begin Location EPHRATA
Begin Lat/Lon 47.32/-119.56
End Date 09/19/2010 16:45:00 PST-8
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 5.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A thunderstorm containing very heavy rainfall tracked through Ephrata resulting in Urban Flooding. Storm drains were overwhelmed by the heavy rain with a road bed washed out. Water from a sewer backed up towards a house. Water in the city streets got as high as 18 to 20 inches deep. The Ephrata Airport reported 0.29 inches of rain in 25 minutes. Other rain gauges just west of Ephrata received around a half inch of rain.
Event Narrative


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
EPHRATA GRANT CO. WA 09/19/2010 16:00 PST-8 Heavy Rain 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 5.00K 0.00K