Washington, 1997

Flood in Washington, April 20 to 21, 1997

April 20 to 21, 1997 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, East Slopes Southern Cascades

When
April 20, 6:00 PM PST to April 21, 11:00 AM PST
Where
East Slopes Southern Cascades forecast zone

Rising water in the Yakima river cut through a levee and covered parts of a golf course. Twelve families were evacuated early Monday when it was feared that another levee would fail.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5600866.