Seiche
A standing wave in a lake or bay, pushed by wind or pressure, that flooded the shore. Every one the National Weather Service has filed, by year and by state, with the deadliest and costliest.
The deadliest and costliest on the map
The deadliest and costliest seiche episodes on record.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 76
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $1.4 million
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
Deaths each year
The deadliest
Deaths from this kind of event within each episode.
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage from this kind of event within each episode, in the dollars of its year.
- Seiche in Alaska, February 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Seiche in New York, January 30, 2008
- Seiche in New York, November 12, 2015
- Seiche in Louisiana, November 23, 2014
- Seiche in New York, December 9 to 10, 2009
- Seiche in New York, December 12, 2000
- Seiche in New York, December 28, 2008
- Seiche in New York, January 1, 2012
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in New York, December 1, 2006
- Seiche in New York, January 17, 2012
- Seiche in New York, March 9, 2002
- Seiche in New York, November 6, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 31, 1998
- Seiche in New York, March 3, 2012
- Seiche in Wisconsin, July 24, 2019
- Seiche in Michigan, May 9, 2019
- Damaging Wind and Seiche in Michigan, July 22, 2014
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, June 30, 2018
- Seiche in Michigan, July 19, 2019
By state
Every kind of event
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Hail
- Flash Flood
- High Wind
- Winter Storm
- Drought
- Winter Weather
- Tornado
- Heavy Snow
- Flood
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind
- Heat
- Heavy Rain
- Strong Wind
- Excessive Heat
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Lightning
- Dense Fog
- Blizzard
- Frost/Freeze
- Ice Storm
- High Surf
- Funnel Cloud
- Wildfire
- Tropical Storm
- Waterspout
- Coastal Flood
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Debris Flow
- Hurricane (Typhoon)
- Dust Storm
- Rip Current
- Storm Surge/Tide
- Marine High Wind
- Sleet
- Avalanche
- Marine Hail
- Astronomical Low Tide
- Marine Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Freezing Fog
- Lakeshore Flood
- Dust Devil
- Marine Strong Wind
- Dense Smoke
- Marine Hurricane/Typhoon
- Volcanic Ashfall
- Seiche
- Sneakerwave
- Volcanic Ash
- Tsunami
- Marine Tropical Depression
- Marine Dense Fog
- Northern Lights
- Marine Lightning
- Hurricane
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.