Storm History: Columbia County, Washington

Events

285

Deaths

1

Injuries

1

Damage

$5.8 million

Episodes

252

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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• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20101 death · 1 event here

• High Wind, January 4, 2008$4.9 million · 68 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 20021 injured · $250,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 2002$150,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 16, 2000$100,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 2000$70,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 28, 2001$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2012$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 30, 2000$45,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 2000$25,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event here
• Dust Storm, May 3, 2010$20,000 · 67 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 2004$9,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 25, 1999$6,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 28, 2003$6,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 9, 2000$5,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 21, 2012$5,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 1966$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 24, 2012$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 14, 2002$1,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 2, 2011$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, July 16, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20121.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Debris Flow, July 12, 20121.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20011 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 10, 19981 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 19911 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, March 14, 1966$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Columbia County, with its track

• Heavy Snow, April 14, 20261 event here
• Flood, March 14, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 10, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 17, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 15, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 15, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 29, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, November 19, 202461 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 25, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 22, 20242 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 18, 20243 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 12, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20231 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 25, 20231 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 19, 20231 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 23, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 20, 202359 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 13, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 5, 20231 event here
• High Wind, December 27, 202266 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20221 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 3, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 10, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 202270 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 30, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 18, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 202168 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 8, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 24, 202151 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20211 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 25, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 28, 202173 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 15, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 12, 202166 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 30, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, November 12, 20201 event here
• Heat, July 28, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 202063 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 15, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 20201 event here
• Flood, February 6, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 19, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 10, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 22, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20192 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 10, 20192 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 22, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 23, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 12, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 6, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, February 2, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 31, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, January 17, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, January 7, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 14, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20161 event here
• High Wind, March 5, 201658 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 21, 20151 event here
• High Wind, December 21, 201563 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 17, 201563 kt wind · 2 events here
• Wildfire, October 1, 20151 event here
• Wildfire, September 1, 20151 event here
• Wildfire, August 13, 20151 event here
• Wildfire, August 1, 20151 event here
• Wildfire, July 20, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 27, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20141 event here
• High Wind, December 10, 201479 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 7, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 11, 201466 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 15, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, September 5, 201353 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 7, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 22, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20121 event here
• High Wind, December 20, 201255 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 17, 201272 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 7, 20121 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, July 12, 20121.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2012$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20121.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 20, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 24, 2012$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 21, 2012$5,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20123 events here
• High Wind, November 2, 2011$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 5, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 5, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 27, 201158 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 21, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 15, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 8, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 27, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 29, 20101 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 21, 20104 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Dust Storm, May 3, 2010$20,000 · 67 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 27, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 22, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 20, 20082 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 17, 20082 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 20082 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20081 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, June 10, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 28, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 26, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 13, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 2, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 30, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 28, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, January 26, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 7, 20081 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 2008$4.9 million · 68 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 19, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 6, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 18, 20071 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 200765 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 3, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 24, 20061 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 200667 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, October 1, 20061 event here
• Wildfire, September 1, 20061 event here
• Wildfire, August 21, 20061 event here
• Heat, July 21, 20062 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 200652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 23, 20061 event here
• High Wind, February 4, 200661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 8, 20051 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 3, 20051 event here
• Dust Storm, August 12, 20051 event here
• Wildfire, August 5, 20051 event here
• Dust Storm, March 16, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20051 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 20051 event here
• High Wind, April 27, 200450 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 2004$9,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20042 events here
• Winter Weather, January 1, 20041 event here
• Dust Storm, October 30, 20031 event here
• High Wind, October 28, 2003$6,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dust Storm, October 28, 20031 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 7, 20031 event here
• Flood, February 1, 20031 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 2002$150,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 2002$1,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 1, 20022 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 30, 20022 events here
• Heat, July 10, 20022 events here
• High Wind, June 27, 20021 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 6, 20021 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 20021 injured · $250,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 19, 20021 event here
• High Wind, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20011 event here
• High Wind, December 1, 200156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 1, 20011 event here
• High Wind, November 28, 2001$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 28, 20011 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 23, 20011 event here
• High Wind, October 23, 200161 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 23, 200153 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, August 11, 20011 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20011 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 10, 20011 event here
• High Wind, March 13, 20011 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 13, 20011 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 11, 20011 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 2000$25,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 14, 20001 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 2000$70,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20001 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 8, 20001 event here
• High Wind, November 4, 200051 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 30, 2000$45,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 9, 200052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 16, 20001 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20001 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20001 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20001 event here
• Tornado, January 16, 2000$100,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 9, 2000$5,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 19991 event here
• High Wind, September 25, 1999$6,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 28, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 26, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 15, 19991 event here
• High Wind, March 2, 199952 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 20, 19991 event here
• High Wind, February 18, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 2, 19991 event here
• High Wind, February 2, 199968 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 22, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 21, 19991 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 17, 19991 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 19982 events here
• Winter Storm, December 24, 19982 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 7, 19981 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 19981 event here
• High Wind, November 25, 19981 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 7, 19981 event here
• Heavy Rain, July 30, 19981 event here
• Hail, April 10, 19981 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 26, 19981 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 19981 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 19983 events here
• High Wind, August 24, 199750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, January 1, 19971 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

• 1991
• 1966

Tornadoes in Columbia CountyEvery warning in Columbia County since 1986Every county in Washington

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.