# Flash flooding in my town tonight

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489 "2014-08-14T03:56:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489/1 "2014-08-14T03:56:18Z")

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[http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/13/drizzle-expected-to-turn-into-heavy-rain/](http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/13/drizzle-expected-to-turn-into-heavy-rain/)  
We got 6 inches of rain today, with at least 4 of them between 8PM and 11PM. I went out to the mall with my friend today, I was there until maybe 5:30. When I stepped outside of Best Buy, I could see the parking lot was covered in at least an inch of water and I could even SEE WAVES ALL OVER it. I went back to his house, seeing lots of cars hydroplane and four of them crashed, on the 3-4 mile drive. This btw, was before the torrential downpours bringing 4 inches in less then 3 hours. When I got an alert on my phone that there was a flood warning, I immediately went home, because the road between our houses often floods. I saw on the news that many of the major roads here in Portland are either closed or flooded out. My street is on a hill, but I cant really leave the house because it looks like a raging river.

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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489/2 "2014-08-14T04:14:53Z")

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I’m glad you went home. Flash floods are lightning fast. Many people really don’t understand the dangers of fast moving water. Stay safe and dry!

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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489/3 "2014-08-14T21:07:01Z")

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I just saw on the news that last night broke the all-time record in Portland for rainfall in a single hour, with 2.4 inches between 9 and 10 PM.