Oregon

Storm History: Wallowa County, Oregon

279 episodes, 343 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wallowa 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
343
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
279

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
Heavy Snow13000
Hail4204
High Wind3000$561,000
Wildfire3000
Flash Flood1400$1.0 million
Excessive Heat1200
Thunderstorm Wind900$12,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Flood900$189,000
Winter Storm900
Tornado800$25 million
Blizzard800$50,000
Lightning600$40,000
Debris Flow500
Heat400
Funnel Cloud400
Ice Storm300
Frost/Freeze200
Heavy Rain100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Strong Wind100$500
Avalanche112
Freezing Fog100$50,000
Winter Weather100$20,000
Drought100
Dust Storm100
Dense Fog100

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Wallowa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wallowa CountyEvery warning in Wallowa 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.