Funnel Cloud in Washington

Events

103

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$2,000

• Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, May 31, 1997$701,000 · F1 · 27 events6 inches of water on streets of ephrata
• Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Washington, July 3 to 31, 1998$925,000 · 1.75 in hail · 25 eventsfunnel cloud sighted on the south side of Wilbur.
• Strong Wind in Washington, June 6 to 9, 2008$250,000 · 7 eventsA January type storm hit western Washington with strong winds and 2 funnel clouds. Winds gusting to 45 mph knocked out power to nearly 35,000 customers. One fallen tree struck three mobile homes in Purdy.
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Washington, May 6, 2009$30,000 · EF1 · 3 eventsA strong thunderstorm with rotation first spawned a funnel cloud and then a tornado, which briefly touched down just northeast of Davenport. The funnel cloud was spotted 16 miles northwest of Odessa, followed by a weak tornado eight miles north-northeast of Davenport.
• Debris Flow and Flooding in Washington, May 16 to 17, 2019$30,000 · 7 eventsA moist and unstable air mass over eastern Washington produced scattered slow moving heavy rain bearing thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of May 16th.
• Lightning Strike in Washington, November 4, 2008$25,000 · 2 eventsA lightning strike started a fire in Edmonds, and a funnel cloud was spotted near Lake Lawrence.
• Damaging Wind in Washington, October 12, 2025$25,000 · 74 kt wind · 2 eventsA board upper-level and secondary trough feature dropping southward from Canada in addition to cold air aloft supported convective activity. Some of this strong shower and thunderstorm activity was was unusually impactful producing locally severe outflow winds and a funnel cloud.
• Debris Flow and Heavy Snow in Washington, November 18 to 19, 20126 eventsA moist warm front brought valley rain and mountain snow across the region. The moist system at times resulted in moderate precipitation rates, which resulted in saturated soils across mid-slopes and heavy snowfall accumulations at elevations above 3500 feet.
• Tornado and Heavy Snow in Washington, April 4 to 27, 1999F0 · 5 eventsThere were several reports of heavy snow in the mountains of extreme eastern Washington, specifically on the 4th and the 9th where 4-10 inches of snow were reported in a 12 hour period in each event.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, June 24, 2020$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 5 eventsA weak cold front passing through the Pacific Northwest brought mostly dry and windy conditions across the eastern half of Washington on June 24th. By early afternoon, isolated showers and thunderstorms moved into the northern mountains.
• Flash Flooding in Washington, June 26, 2019$6,000 · 4 eventsDuring the afternoon of June 27th a complex of slow moving thunderstorms developed over the western Columbia Basin and the eastern slopes of the Cascades in a moist and unstable air mass near the center of an upper level low pressure.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 3, 20000.88 in hail · 3 eventsPea-sized hail piled up to a depth of one inch on US Hwy 2 just east of Waterville.
• Hail in Washington, June 12, 20090.88 in hail · 3 eventsStrong thunderstorms over Grant County resulted in a pair of funnel cloud reports as well as nickel size hail near Warden.
• Hail in Washington, August 10, 20191 in hail · 3 eventsA strong cutoff low drifted eastward into Oregon and Washington on the 10th. Modest instability and adequate moisture lead to afternoon thunderstorm development, resulting in a few severe reports and at least one cold air funnel.
• Funnel Clouds in Washington, May 18, 20203 eventsMoist and unstable flow from a low pressure system kicked off convection and numerous thunderstorms in southeastern Washington and central Idaho Panhandle on May 18th. |They produced five cold-air funnel clouds in Pullman, Washington over a fifteen minute period.
• Funnel Clouds in Washington, May 31, 20002 events
• Funnel Clouds in Washington, August 25, 20082 eventsTwo funnel clouds were spotted. One over Lake Washington, and another near Black Diamond.
• Hail in Washington, April 4, 20120.75 in hail · 2 eventsAn upper level low pressure area combined with daytime heating produced a very unstable atmosphere across southeast Washington.
• Funnel Clouds in Washington, September 8, 20192 eventsA spotter called to report seeing a funnel cloud. Radar was used to estimate the exact location of the funnel cloud.
• Debris Flow in Washington, May 19, 20202 eventsAn area of low pressure slowly migrating across western United States kept a moist and unstable southerly flow of moisture into eastern Washington and Idaho on May 19th and 20th. This steered disturbances northward through Eastern Washington.
• Damaging Wind in Washington, June 6, 2026$4,000 · 81 kt wind · 2 eventsAn upper-level trough moving through the region combined with cooling temperatures aloft and daytime heating to facilitate shower and thunderstorm activity.
• Funnel Cloud in Washington, October 15, 19961 eventA funnel cloud was spotted by state patrol. 3/8 inch hail was also reported.
• Funnel Cloud in Washington, May 31, 19971 eventA funnel cloud was detected on radar and observed by a spotter northeast of Lake Stevens. Showers and thunderstorms dropped a record 1.41 inches of rain at Seatac airport for 24 hours on this day.
• Funnel Cloud in Washington, June 3, 19971 eventA spotter observed a small funnel cloud.
• Funnel Cloud in Washington, June 21, 19971 eventThunderstorms were reported in the Lynden and Blaine areas throughout the day, one thunderstorm reportedly contained a funnel cloud.

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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.