Avalanche in Washington, May 19, 1996

Deaths

0

Injuries

2

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.

Avalanche

A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Heat in Pennsylvania, May 19 to 21, 19961 death · 4 injured · 10 events
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$12 million · 75 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$8.5 million · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$5.0 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$4.5 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996$4.5 million · 75 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$4.0 million · 86 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996$3.0 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996$2.5 million · 85 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996$2.2 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$1.7 million · 1.5 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996$1.5 million · 75 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, May 1996

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: 5545729.