Storm History: Wheeler County, Oregon
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wheeler 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
- 316
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $1.0 million
- Episodes
- 210
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 109 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 37 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 1 | |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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.
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2017
- Hail, May 31, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Hail, June 12, 2006
- Hail, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2007
- Hail, July 24, 2002
- Hail, May 4, 1998
- Hail, August 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2011
- Wildfire, August 24, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 25, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, May 5, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, October 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2023
- High Wind, December 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2022
- High Wind, November 4, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 3, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 30, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2021
- High Wind, October 24, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 25, 2021
- High Wind, March 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, November 13, 2020
- High Wind, September 7, 2020
- Heat, July 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2020
- Flood, May 20, 2020
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 2019
- Flood, April 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2019
- Wildfire, September 7, 2018
- Wildfire, August 17, 2018
- Wildfire, August 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2018
- High Wind, February 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2017
- Wildfire, September 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2017
- High Wind, April 7, 2017
- Flood, March 16, 2017
- High Wind, February 20, 2017
- Flood, February 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2017
- Blizzard, January 17, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2016
- Wildfire, September 1, 2016
- Wildfire, August 1, 2016
- Wildfire, July 31, 2016
- Tornado, June 8, 2016
- High Wind, December 21, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 24, 2015
- Dust Storm, November 17, 2015
- Wildfire, October 1, 2015
- Wildfire, September 1, 2015
- Wildfire, August 12, 2015
- Wildfire, July 1, 2015
- Wildfire, July 1, 2015
- Wildfire, June 29, 2015
- Wildfire, June 27, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Hail, May 31, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- High Wind, February 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2014
- High Wind, December 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 12, 2014
- Wildfire, September 1, 2014
- Wildfire, September 1, 2014
- Wildfire, August 29, 2014
- Wildfire, August 1, 2014
- Wildfire, August 1, 2014
- Wildfire, August 1, 2014
- Wildfire, July 29, 2014
- Wildfire, July 14, 2014
- Wildfire, July 14, 2014
- Wildfire, July 13, 2014
- Wildfire, July 13, 2014
- Wildfire, July 13, 2014
- Wildfire, July 11, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2014
- High Wind, January 11, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 2013
- Wildfire, September 1, 2013
- Wildfire, August 12, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- High Wind, November 19, 2012
- Wildfire, August 28, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Strong Wind, May 26, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2012
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2012
- High Wind, March 12, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2012
- High Wind, February 22, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2012
- Heavy Snow, November 3, 2011
- Wildfire, September 5, 2011
- Wildfire, August 24, 2011
- Wildfire, August 2, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2011
- High Wind, March 13, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2011
- Flood, January 16, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2010
- Blizzard, November 30, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 21, 2010
- High Wind, November 15, 2010
- Wildfire, September 15, 2010
- Debris Flow, June 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow, October 3, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Wildfire, August 1, 2009
- Wildfire, July 25, 2009
- Wildfire, July 24, 2009
- Debris Flow, June 4, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2008
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Ice Storm, January 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2008
- High Wind, January 3, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2007
- High Wind, December 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2007
- High Wind, November 12, 2007
- Hail, August 31, 2007
- Wildfire, August 15, 2007
- Wildfire, August 15, 2007
- Wildfire, August 3, 2007
- Wildfire, July 30, 2007
- Wildfire, July 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2007
- High Wind, December 14, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2006
- Wildfire, September 1, 2006
- Wildfire, September 1, 2006
- Wildfire, August 22, 2006
- Wildfire, August 19, 2006
- Wildfire, August 8, 2006
- Wildfire, August 1, 2006
- Wildfire, July 24, 2006
- Heat, July 21, 2006
- Wildfire, July 1, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 12, 2006
- Hail, June 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2005
- Hail, August 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2004
- Hail, August 4, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2002
- Hail, July 24, 2002
- Wildfire, July 13, 2002
- Lightning, July 10, 2001
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2001
- Hail, June 24, 1999
- Hail, June 24, 1999
- Wildfire, August 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 30, 1998
- Hail, July 10, 1998
- Hail, May 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, May 2, 1998
- Hail, August 1, 1997
- Lightning, May 14, 1997
- Tornado, April 12, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Wheeler CountyEvery warning in Wheeler 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.