Avalanche, E King/E Pierce/E Lewis
- When
- January 16, 1:30 PM PST
- Where
- E King/E Pierce/E Lewis forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
A man died when he hiked into a closed area of a ski resort and was buried in an avalanche.
Avalanche in Washington, January 16, 2000
1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Event by event
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche, E King/E Pierce/E Lewis | 2000-01-16 | 50 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Washington, January 16, 2000
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- Tornado in Washington, January 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Washington, January 16, 2000
- High Wind in Maryland, January 16, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 16, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 16, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, January 16, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, January 16, 2000
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Washington in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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: 5126858.