Heavy Rain, Walla Walla
- When
- May 30, 10:00 AM PST to May 31, 9:20 AM PST
- Where
- Walla Walla County, 7 mi E of Walla Walla
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -118.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Washington, May 30 to 31, 2000
A slow-moving late season storm brought very heavy amounts of rain during a 24 hour period along the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Southeast Washington. Several locations received much more rain in 24 hours than their monthly averages for May.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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 PDT wrote it up.
A slow-moving late season storm brought very heavy amounts of rain during a 24 hour period along the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Southeast Washington. Several locations received much more rain in 24 hours than their monthly averages for May. Walla Walla received over 2 inches of rain while Dixie, at a higher elevation east of Walla Walla received 3.5 inches. This rain produced minor flooding of Mill Creek and the brief closure of Mill Creek Road, located 7 miles east of Walla Walla. Nearby, a mudslide briefly covered Lewis Peak Road.
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- High Wind in Nebraska, May 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 2000
- Flood in Colorado, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
More
Every storm in Washington in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, May 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: 5143139.