Flash Flood, Okanogan
- When
- April 23, 8:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Okanogan County, Colville
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 48.549, -119.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Washington, April 23, 1996
Gold Creek, five miles west of Colville, was hit with a flash flood that caused $600,000 worth of damage to Stevens County roads and bridges. It also damaged one and destroyed another house.
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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
Gold Creek, five miles west of Colville, was hit with a flash flood that caused $600,000 worth of damage to Stevens County roads and bridges. It also damaged one and destroyed another house. Highway 395 and others were down to one lane that night.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 5547276.