Thunderstorm Wind, Yakima
- When
- August 9, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yakima County
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -120.780
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Washington, August 9, 1982
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yakima
- When
- August 9, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Yakima County
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -120.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- August 9, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 47.180, -119.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Spokane
- When
- August 9, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Spokane County
- Coordinates
- 47.600, -117.450
Tornado, Walla Walla
- When
- August 9, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Walla Walla County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 46.680, -118.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 9, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 47.550, -118.480
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, August 9, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oregon, August 9, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, August 9, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 9, 1982
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 9, 1982
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 9, 1982
More
Every storm in Washington in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Washington, 1982
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10146525, 10146526, 10146527, 10146528, 10146529, 10146530.