Washington, 1994Tornadoes in Washington, April 6, 1994
April 6, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Tornado, Thurston
- When
- April 6, 11:45 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Thurston County, Bucoda
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 46.800, -122.970
A tornado touched down near the main street of Bucoda. Several buildings sustained damage. Damage included aluminum sheds blown over or moved, rain gutters torn off buildings, and a twisted street sign. A piece of one aluminum shed was seen 80 feet above the ground caught in a tree.
Tornado, Spokane
- When
- April 6, 5:05 PM PST to 5:10 PM PST
- Where
- Spokane County, Spokane
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 47.621, -117.404 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado briefly touched down just west of Riverside State Park. The tornado damaged trees and power lines and ripped shingles from a house.
- 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.
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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: 10356156, 10356153.