Flood, Whitman
- When
- February 2, 4:30 AM PST to February 3, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Whitman County, Oakesdale
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 46.901, -117.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Washington, February 2 to 3, 2000
Rapid snowmelt along with locally heavy rains produced small stream flooding across the Washington Palouse. Highway 27 from Oakesdale and Tekoa was closed for a time along with flooding in several farm fields.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 OTX wrote it up.
Rapid snowmelt along with locally heavy rains produced small stream flooding across the Washington Palouse. Highway 27 from Oakesdale and Tekoa was closed for a time along with flooding in several farm fields.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Cold in South Carolina, February 2, 2000
- Flood in Idaho, February 2 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 2, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 2 to 3, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, February 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 2, 2000
- Wildfire in California, February 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Nevada, February 2 to 3, 2000
- Dense Fog in Nevada, February 2 to 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Washington in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2000
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: 5133017.