Storm History: Thurston County, Washington
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Thurston 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
- 28
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | $7.3 million |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 2 | $21,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $126,000 |
| Hail | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $700,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Debris Flow, December 2, 2007
- Heavy Rain, March 30, 1999
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2017
- Heavy Rain, January 5, 2006
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2003
- Debris Flow, November 4, 2006
- Flood, January 2, 2021
- Flood, January 12, 2021
- Tornado, April 6, 1994
- Tornado, May 27, 2004
- Heavy Rain, January 28, 2006
- Lightning, September 5, 2002
- Tornado, October 15, 2003
- Lightning, May 17, 2003
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
Every episode, newest first
- Flood, December 4, 2023
- Flood, January 12, 2021
- Flood, January 2, 2021
- Tornado, October 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2017
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Lightning, November 4, 2008
- Debris Flow, December 2, 2007
- Debris Flow, November 4, 2006
- Tornado, January 28, 2006
- Heavy Rain, January 28, 2006
- Heavy Rain, January 5, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, June 5, 2005
- Tornado, May 27, 2004
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2003
- Tornado, October 15, 2003
- Lightning, May 17, 2003
- Lightning, September 5, 2002
- Lightning, June 7, 2002
- Heavy Rain, November 13, 2001
- Heavy Rain, August 21, 2001
- Funnel Cloud, May 15, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 30, 1999
- Hail, September 1, 1997
- Tornado, April 6, 1994
- Hail, August 27, 1983
More
Tornadoes in Thurston CountyEvery warning in Thurston 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.