Washington, 2000

Avalanche in Washington, January 19, 2000

January 19, 2000 · NWS SEW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
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.

Avalanche, C&e Whatcom/E Skagit/E Snohmish

When
January 19, 12:00 PM PST
Where
C&e Whatcom/E Skagit/E Snohmish forecast zone
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

A snowboarder who went out of the ski area boundary was caught in an avalanche and suffered a broken leg and a compression fracture of his back.

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

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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: 5126859.