Flood, Seattle Metropolitan Area
- When
- November 11, 12:00 PM PST to November 12, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Seattle Metropolitan Area forecast zone
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flooding in Washington, November 11 to 12, 1999
Rainfall amounts varied, but between 2 and 4 inches fell over most of Western Washington between noon on the 11th and noon on the 12th of November. There was flooding on the Skokomish, Snoqualmie, Tolt, Skykomish, Snohomish and Skagit Rivers.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 varied, but between 2 and 4 inches fell over most of Western Washington between noon on the 11th and noon on the 12th of November. There was flooding on the Skokomish, Snoqualmie, Tolt, Skykomish, Snohomish and Skagit Rivers. In Duvall, running water entered an antique mall causing 60,000 worth of damage.The most serious flooding was on the Skagit River, where the river crested more than six feet above flood stage. The flooding necessitated evacuations in several communties and caused one land owner to lose up to 30 feet of his property in two days.
Event by event
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Central Casade Foothills
- When
- November 11, 12:00 PM PST to November 12, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Casade Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood, Northern Casade Foothills
- When
- November 11, 12:00 PM PST to November 12, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Casade Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood, Hood Canal/Kitsap Peninsula
- When
- November 11, 12:00 PM PST to November 12, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Hood Canal/Kitsap Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood, Everett and Vicinity
- When
- November 11, 12:00 PM PST to November 12, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Everett and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood, Northwest Interior
- When
- November 11, 12:00 PM PST to November 12, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northwest Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
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
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, November 11, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, November 11 to 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, November 11, 1999
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, November 11 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, November 11, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 11, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, November 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Washington in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, November 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: 5720086, 5720087, 5720088, 5720089, 5720090, 5720091.