Heavy Rain, Thurston
- When
- March 30, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Thurston County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $7.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 46.930, -122.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Washington, March 30, 1999
Flooding and mudslides since November 1998 have damaged 75 residences. Some of the homes were not safe to reenter and the people had to relocate.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $7.0 million
- 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.
Flooding and mudslides since November 1998 have damaged 75 residences. Some of the homes were not safe to reenter and the people had to relocate. Normal rainfall in the 4 month period from Nov to Feb is 29.7 inches at Olympia. From Nov 98 to Feb 99, they received 56.03 inches.
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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, March 30 to 31, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 30 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 1999
- High Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in Iowa, March 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, March 30 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 30, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 30, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Washington, March 30, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, March 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, March 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Washington in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, March 1999
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: 5692915.