Washington

Storm History: Lincoln County, Washington

338 episodes, 675 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
675
Deaths
21
Injuries
56
Damage
$248 million
Episodes
338

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
Heavy Snow28749$11 million
Wildfire6330$192 million
Dust Storm52417$501,000
Winter Storm4426$25,000
High Wind3723$10 million
Winter Weather2628$476,000
Ice Storm2300
Tornado2001$597,000
Thunderstorm Wind1900$167,000
Flash Flood1700$2.3 million
Debris Flow1700$1.1 million
Strong Wind1202$104,000
Flood1100$1.4 million
Blizzard1002
Hail900$26 million
Freezing Fog728$2.0 million
Funnel Cloud500
Dense Smoke500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill410
Lightning300$3,000
Excessive Heat200
Avalanche110
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

The costliest

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

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Lincoln County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.