Washington

Storms in Washington in 1999

220 events in 93 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Washington in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
220
Deaths
6
Injuries
15
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
93

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind9720$3.9 million
Heavy Snow5400
Heavy Rain1901$28 million
Lightning1303$961,000
Flood1000$88,000
Flash Flood511$5.0 million
Wildfire4010$190,000
Hail300
Avalanche230
Funnel Cloud200
Tornado200
Dust Devil200
Drought200
Winter Storm100
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million
Strong Wind100
Thunderstorm Wind100$5,000
Dust Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

More

Every year in WashingtonEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in Washington in 1999Warnings in Washington in 199919982000

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.