Storm History: Washington County, Oregon
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
- 88
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $5.7 million
- Episodes
- 69
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 | 20 | 1 | 0 | $5.1 million |
| Heavy Rain | 13 | 0 | 0 | $265,000 |
| Debris Flow | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hail | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 0 | $128,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $183,000 |
| Flash Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, December 7, 2015
- Flood, December 1, 2007
- Flood, December 9, 2015
- Lightning, August 5, 2003
- Flood, December 17, 2015
- Heavy Rain, June 25, 2014
- Tornado, October 28, 2018
- Heavy Rain, November 20, 2024
- Heavy Rain, October 31, 2015
- Lightning, September 15, 2013
- Tornado, November 12, 1991
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2017
- Flood, May 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2018
- Lightning, July 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 1966
- Hail, July 12, 2007
- Tornado, June 4, 2009
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
- Flood, February 23, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2025
- Heavy Rain, November 20, 2024
- Heat, July 5, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2024
- Flood, January 28, 2024
- Debris Flow, December 3, 2023
- Flood, May 8, 2023
- Hail, March 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2022
- Debris Flow, January 10, 2021
- Debris Flow, February 10, 2019
- Tornado, October 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2017
- Flood, February 6, 2017
- Heavy Rain, February 5, 2017
- Flood, November 24, 2016
- Funnel Cloud, July 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2016
- Flood, December 17, 2015
- Flood, December 9, 2015
- Flood, December 7, 2015
- Heavy Rain, October 31, 2015
- Funnel Cloud, September 17, 2015
- Heavy Rain, May 21, 2015
- Heavy Rain, May 18, 2015
- Heavy Rain, June 25, 2014
- Lightning, September 15, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 13, 2013
- Flood, March 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2011
- Debris Flow, June 6, 2010
- Flood, November 7, 2009
- Tornado, June 4, 2009
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Debris Flow, January 1, 2009
- Lightning, July 2, 2008
- Funnel Cloud, April 14, 2008
- Flood, December 1, 2007
- Hail, July 12, 2007
- Flood, December 14, 2006
- Heavy Rain, November 2, 2006
- Flood, January 29, 2006
- Debris Flow, January 10, 2006
- Flood, December 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2004
- Tornado, June 18, 2004
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 2004
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2003
- Lightning, August 5, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, May 17, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, April 30, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, April 29, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 20, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 7, 2003
- Heavy Rain, January 29, 2003
- Heavy Rain, August 22, 2001
- Lightning, August 6, 1999
- Hail, May 25, 1998
- Hail, May 12, 1993
- Tornado, November 12, 1991
- Hail, July 31, 1991
- Tornado, October 13, 1968
- Tornado, June 23, 1966
- Hail, September 15, 1963
- Tornado, October 22, 1954
More
Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.