Winter Weather, W Kittitas/W Yakima/W Klickitat T X Sw
- When
- January 24, 5:00 PM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Kittitas/W Yakima/W Klickitat T X Sw forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Weather in Washington, January 24, 2004
A blinding snowstorm two miles west of Cle Elum led to a 13-vehicle pileup between four semi-trucks and nine passenger vehicles. Two people were transported by ambulance to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital and later released.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
A blinding snowstorm two miles west of Cle Elum led to a 13-vehicle pileup between four semi-trucks and nine passenger vehicles. Two people were transported by ambulance to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital and later released.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 2004
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 24 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 24 to 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 24 to 25, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 24 to 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 24 to 26, 2004
- Cold in Maine, January 24 to 25, 2004
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 24 to 31, 2004
- Cold in New Hampshire, January 24 to 25, 2004
- Cold in Maine, January 24 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 24 to 25, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 24 to 25, 2004
More
Every storm in Washington in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5383843.