Unusual June rainfall set new records across the Willamette Valley and filled rivers and reservoirs Wednesday and Thursday.
“For the last couple of days, we’ve just had a 150 to 180 mph jet stream bring in moisture stretching out across the Pacific,”
said Rodger Nelson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland. It carried 1 to 3 inches of rain in the foothills.
This time of year, it’s usually north of Oregon, Nelson…