Washington, 2001

Heavy Rain in Washington, August 22 to 23, 2001

August 22 to 23, 2001 · NWS PQR · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

6 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 8:00 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 8:00 AM PST, 2 hours before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
900 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2001

A WAVY COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH COAST THIS MORNING WILL MAKE SLOW
EASTWARD PROGRESS AND SHOULD BE NEAR PORTLAND AROUND NOON AND NEAR
THE CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITAITON WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES NEAR THE FRONT ESPECIALLY AS WAVES TRAVERSE NORTHWARD.  ASTORIA
RECEIVED OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND WINDS BUMPED
UP INTO THE GALE CATEGORY NEAR THE FRONT THIS MORNING.  WINDS WILL
FALL BACK TO SMALL CRAFT OVER COASTAL WATERS AS THE FRONT MOVES
INLAND. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AS ANOTHER VORTICITY MAX
ROTATES AROUND THE OFFSHORE LOW.  SHOWERS TO END THURSDAY NIGHT AS
MAIN TROUGH LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST AND HEIGHT BEGIN TO RISE.

EXTENDED...EARLIER TREND OF BUILDING RIDGE AND WARMING TEMPS OVER
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK CONTINUES CONTINUES.  WEAK TROUGH
MOVING THROUGH ON TUES TO COOL THINGS DOWN A FEW DEGREES AND BRING
SOME CLOUDS.  CURRENT FORECAST HANDLES THIS WELL SO NO CHANGES
EXPECTED. TODD

AST ++8 PDX ++8 SLE +98 EUG +88

.KPDX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE

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Event by event

6 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Clark

When
August 22, 10:00 AM PST to August 23, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Clark County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
45.779, -122.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Cowlitz

When
August 22, 10:00 AM PST to August 23, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Cowlitz County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
46.193, -122.681 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Lewis

When
August 22, 10:00 AM PST to August 23, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Lewis County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
46.578, -122.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Pacific

When
August 22, 10:00 AM PST to August 23, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Pacific County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
46.551, -123.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Skamania

When
August 22, 10:00 AM PST to August 23, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Skamania County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
46.023, -121.915 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Wahkiakum

When
August 22, 10:00 AM PST to August 23, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Wahkiakum County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
46.291, -123.433 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An unseasonably wet weather system brought heavy rain to Southwestern Washington. Storm totals include 1 to 4 inches in the Coast Range and along the Coast, 1 to 3 inches in the Cascades, and 0.75 to 1.75 inches in the inland valleys. No damage reports were received.

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

More

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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: 5266879, 5266880, 5266881, 5266882, 5266883, 5266884.