Oregon

Storm History: Lane County, Oregon

100 episodes, 141 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lane 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
141
Deaths
1
Injuries
7
Damage
$8.0 million
Episodes
100

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
Flood2901$3.9 million
Debris Flow2200$137,000
Hail1700$5,000
Thunderstorm Wind1500$332,000
Heavy Snow1000
Heavy Rain900$20,000
Tornado801$136,000
High Wind700
Wildfire604$3.5 million
Funnel Cloud600
Flash Flood300
Ice Storm300
Lightning200
Frost/Freeze200
Dust Devil100$5,000
Sneakerwave111

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

More

Tornadoes in Lane CountyEvery warning in Lane 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.