Storm History: Benton County, Oregon
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Benton County, Oregon: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 59
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $3.0 million
- Episodes
- 52
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Debris Flow | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2025
- High Wind, October 25, 2025
- Tornado, August 6, 2025
- Flood, February 23, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2024
- High Wind, December 17, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, November 14, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, October 30, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Debris Flow, December 20, 2021
- Debris Flow, January 10, 2021
- Debris Flow, December 19, 2020
- Debris Flow, April 7, 2019
- Flood, October 21, 2017
- Flood, February 6, 2017
- Flood, November 24, 2016
- Flood, December 17, 2015
- Flood, December 20, 2014
- Lightning, July 13, 2014
- Flood, September 28, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 13, 2013
- Flood, November 19, 2012
- Flood, March 29, 2012
- Flood, March 15, 2012
- Flood, January 18, 2012
- Debris Flow, January 16, 2011
- Tornado, June 4, 2009
- Debris Flow, January 1, 2009
- Flood, December 1, 2007
- Flood, December 14, 2006
- Heavy Rain, November 2, 2006
- Flood, January 17, 2006
- Debris Flow, January 10, 2006
- Flood, December 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2004
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 2004
- Heavy Rain, December 28, 2003
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 20, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 7, 2003
- Heavy Rain, January 29, 2003
- Heavy Rain, August 22, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 1998
- Tornado, June 1, 1997
- Funnel Cloud, May 29, 1996
- Hail, August 9, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1982
More
Tornadoes in Benton CountyEvery warning in Benton County since 1986Every county in Oregon
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.