Heavy Rain, Mason
- When
- April 23, 2:00 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mason County, Hoodsport
- Measured
- 63
- Coordinates
- 47.351, -123.183 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Washington, April 23, 1996
High winds and heavy rain caused damage to homes and cut off power to 20,000 homes and businesses. Mudslides were also caused by the heavy rains.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
High winds and heavy rain caused damage to homes and cut off power to 20,000 homes and businesses. Mudslides were also caused by the heavy rains. Winds 35 to 40 mph and gusting to 50 mph were reported on Lummi island. Two of the highest wind gusts reported were 58 mph at the Whatcom county courthouse and 72 mph at the county public works. 2.3 inches of rain fell in a six hour period that afternoon at Lake Cushman, and in the 24 hr period ending at 430 pm about 5 inches fell at Hoodsport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Kentucky, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 23, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Washington, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 23, 1996
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: 5547275.