Storm History: Cowlitz County, Washington
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cowlitz County, Washington: 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
- 83
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $256 million
- Episodes
- 65
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 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $256 million |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 11 | 0 | 4 | |
| Debris Flow | 8 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $232,000 |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 3 | 1 | 1 | $5,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 6 | $44,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2026
- Coastal Flood, November 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2025
- Flood, February 24, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2025
- Flood, December 25, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 17, 2024
- High Wind, November 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, October 30, 2024
- Tornado, October 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 28, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2024
- Avalanche, March 30, 2024
- High Wind, March 9, 2024
- Flood, December 4, 2023
- Debris Flow, April 10, 2023
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Flood, March 1, 2022
- Flood, January 6, 2022
- Flood, November 11, 2021
- Flood, January 12, 2021
- Flood, September 17, 2020
- Lightning, September 6, 2019
- Debris Flow, February 10, 2019
- Flood, March 28, 2017
- Flood, March 15, 2017
- Heavy Rain, March 15, 2017
- High Wind, February 15, 2017
- Flood, February 9, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, July 10, 2016
- Flood, December 9, 2015
- Flood, December 8, 2015
- Flood, November 17, 2015
- Tornado, October 23, 2014
- Flood, January 13, 2011
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Flood, December 1, 2007
- Hail, June 24, 2007
- Heavy Rain, January 2, 2007
- Flood, November 6, 2006
- Heavy Rain, November 2, 2006
- Flood, January 29, 2006
- Flood, January 10, 2006
- Flood, December 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2005
- Tornado, June 6, 2004
- Heavy Rain, May 27, 2004
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2003
- Hail, April 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 20, 2003
- Heavy Rain, January 29, 2003
- Heavy Rain, August 22, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2001
- Tornado, March 28, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 2, 1984
- Tornado, November 10, 1965
More
Tornadoes in Cowlitz CountyEvery warning in Cowlitz County since 1986Every county in Washington
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.