Oregon

Storm History: Coos County, Oregon

805 episodes, 1,135 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Coos 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
1,135
Deaths
14
Injuries
3
Damage
$9.3 million
Episodes
805

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind55311$1.3 million
Frost/Freeze25400
Flood12300$6.2 million
High Surf4891$1.5 million
Wildfire4700$300,000
Heavy Snow3700
Sneakerwave2230
Winter Storm1100
Excessive Heat1010
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Thunderstorm Wind500
Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning301
Hail200
Ice Storm200
Heavy Rain100
Waterspout100
Flash Flood100
Blizzard100
Tsunami100
Winter Weather100
Coastal Flood100
Heat100

The deadliest

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

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Coos CountyEvery warning in Coos 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.