Storm History: Pierce County, Washington
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pierce 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
- 34
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $49 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 0 | $535,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Debris Flow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $48 million |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 2 | $10,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Debris Flow, November 4, 2006
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2003
- Debris Flow, November 12, 2008
- Heavy Rain, September 29, 2005
- Tornado, September 6, 2009
- Tornado, May 31, 1997
- Tornado, June 27, 2001
- Heavy Rain, January 5, 2006
- Tornado, June 23, 1996
- Heavy Rain, September 28, 2013
- Heavy Rain, October 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2013
- Tornado, June 12, 1978
- Tornado, September 30, 2013
- Flood, December 8, 2015
- Lightning, September 5, 2013
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Lightning, September 1, 2004
- Lightning, September 3, 2000
Every episode, newest first
- Debris Flow, March 16, 2017
- Flood, December 8, 2015
- Heavy Rain, October 10, 2015
- Tornado, January 18, 2015
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Tornado, September 30, 2013
- Heavy Rain, September 28, 2013
- Lightning, September 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, November 6, 2009
- Tornado, September 6, 2009
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Debris Flow, November 12, 2008
- Hail, October 19, 2007
- Funnel Cloud, February 21, 2007
- Debris Flow, November 4, 2006
- Heavy Rain, January 5, 2006
- Heavy Rain, September 29, 2005
- Lightning, September 1, 2004
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, June 18, 2002
- Heavy Rain, November 13, 2001
- Heavy Rain, August 21, 2001
- Tornado, June 27, 2001
- Lightning, September 3, 2000
- Lightning, August 3, 1999
- Tornado, May 31, 1997
- Lightning, February 19, 1997
- Tornado, June 23, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 1989
- Tornado, September 24, 1981
- Tornado, June 12, 1978
More
Tornadoes in Pierce CountyEvery warning in Pierce 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.