Washington

Storm History: Stevens County, Washington

399 episodes, 732 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stevens 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
732
Deaths
5
Injuries
16
Damage
$142 million
Episodes
399

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 Snow44047$192,000
Winter Storm3800$300,000
Wildfire3700$136 million
Flash Flood3600$922,000
Hail2600$12,000
Ice Storm2600
Debris Flow2108$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind2000$1.1 million
High Wind1800$193,000
Flood1400$1.7 million
Tornado1300$765,000
Winter Weather1310$200,000
Strong Wind900$49,000
Dust Storm701$68,000
Blizzard400$1,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Dense Smoke300
Heavy Rain100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Devil100$3,000
Excessive Heat100

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 Stevens County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Stevens CountyEvery warning in Stevens 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.