Washington

Storm History: Cowlitz County, Washington

65 episodes, 83 events since 1965

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flood3000$256 million
Heavy Snow1300
Heavy Rain1104
Debris Flow800$100,000
Tornado500$232,000
High Wind400
Thunderstorm Wind300
Hail311$5,000
Funnel Cloud100
Lightning101
Avalanche110
Frost/Freeze100
Winter Storm106$44,000
Coastal Flood100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Cowlitz County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.