Heavy Rain, Kitsap
- When
- March 15, 4:00 AM PST to March 19, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kitsap County, Bremerton
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 47.640, -122.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Washington, March 15 to 19, 1997
02. 30.
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
- 3
- Property damage
- $750,000
- 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.
Rainfall amounts, in inches, in the 24 hour period ending at 4 am on the 18th were, in the southern Olympics, Wynoochee Dam 6.77, at Wishkah Headworks 6.02. In the 24 hour period ending at 4 am on the 19th: In the southern Olympics, Wynoochee Dam 10.96 and Wishkah Headworks 7.30. At Francis, in the southwest interior, 5.10 inches. Seatac, 2.18 and Bremerton 5.38 inches. Many places in the Cascades recieved over 3 inches. The 5 day totals from the 15th to the 19th ranged from 14 to 22 inches in the southern Olympics, 4 to 9 inches in the southwest interior and 3 to 6 inches over Puget Sound.The heavy rain resulted in about 40 mudslides in Western Washington. At least 21 homes were evacuated and one home was knocked into Puget Sound from Bainbridge Island. Several homes were damaged by mudsides as well as a vehicle and a condo. In Bremerton the new monthly rainfall record for March was broken as of March 20th. The old record was 10.23 and as of the morning of the 20th they had 11.59 inches of rainfall. There were several highways closed due to the heavy rains washing out parts of the roadways.
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
- Cold in North Carolina, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 15 to 19, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 15 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 15 to 16, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 15 to 18, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, March 15 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 15, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 15 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, March 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, March 1997
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: 5596626.