Storm History: Whitman County, Washington
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Whitman 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
- 343
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 238
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 Snow | 103 | 1 | 1 | $105,000 |
| Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $950,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | $308,000 |
| Flash Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $3.6 million |
| Wildfire | 22 | 0 | 1 | $5.8 million |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 1 | $5.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 8 | $249,000 |
| Dust Storm | 15 | 1 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 2 | 12 | $82,000 |
| Debris Flow | 11 | 0 | 0 | $235,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 1 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Dense Smoke | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, August 2, 2004
- Wildfire, July 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 2, 1999
- Wildfire, August 18, 2022
- Wildfire, September 7, 2020
- Wildfire, July 12, 2023
- Flood, February 12, 2014
- Wildfire, July 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 5, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2015
- Wildfire, July 24, 2023
- Wildfire, August 18, 2023
- Wildfire, August 4, 2022
- Wildfire, June 14, 2024
- Debris Flow, March 5, 2014
- Hail, August 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 16, 2000
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 11, 2022
- Debris Flow, July 23, 2014
- Hail, July 9, 1995
- Hail, April 27, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2021
- Hail, June 23, 2012
- Hail, July 16, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Hail, July 15, 2022
- Hail, May 18, 2009
- Hail, August 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2006
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2026
- Flood, March 14, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, November 7, 2025
- Wildfire, July 2, 2025
- Flood, February 22, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2024
- Dust Storm, September 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2024
- Wildfire, June 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2023
- High Wind, November 11, 2023
- Wildfire, August 18, 2023
- Wildfire, July 24, 2023
- Wildfire, July 12, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2023
- Flood, December 26, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 3, 2022
- Wildfire, August 18, 2022
- Hail, August 11, 2022
- Wildfire, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Flood, June 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Debris Flow, June 1, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, May 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 9, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2021
- High Wind, November 15, 2021
- Wildfire, July 22, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2021
- Hail, June 15, 2021
- Dust Storm, March 28, 2021
- Debris Flow, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2020
- Dust Storm, October 13, 2020
- Dense Smoke, September 12, 2020
- Wildfire, September 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2020
- Funnel Cloud, May 18, 2020
- Dust Storm, May 6, 2020
- Dust Storm, May 2, 2020
- Dust Storm, April 27, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Wildfire, October 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2017
- Dense Smoke, September 4, 2017
- Flood, March 14, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2017
- Blizzard, January 10, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2016
- Wildfire, August 2, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2015
- Debris Flow, December 8, 2015
- Dust Storm, November 17, 2015
- Dust Storm, August 29, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Wildfire, June 29, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, April 6, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2015
- Ice Storm, January 3, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2014
- Debris Flow, August 12, 2014
- Debris Flow, July 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2014
- Debris Flow, March 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2014
- Flood, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2014
- Flood, January 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2013
- Dust Storm, September 15, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 29, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2012
- Debris Flow, November 18, 2012
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2012
- Hail, July 16, 2012
- Hail, June 23, 2012
- Flood, April 1, 2012
- Strong Wind, April 1, 2012
- High Wind, February 21, 2012
- Flood, January 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2012
- Tornado, October 5, 2011
- Funnel Cloud, May 29, 2011
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2011
- Flood, January 16, 2011
- Blizzard, December 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 24, 2010
- Blizzard, November 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2010
- Wildfire, August 26, 2010
- Dust Storm, July 12, 2010
- Lightning, June 10, 2010
- Tornado, May 19, 2010
- Dust Storm, May 3, 2010
- High Wind, April 8, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 7, 2009
- Winter Weather, November 13, 2009
- Tornado, June 6, 2009
- Hail, May 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 28, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2009
- Flood, January 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2009
- High Wind, December 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2008
- Wildfire, August 18, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2008
- Hail, August 8, 2008
- Hail, June 30, 2008
- Winter Weather, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2007
- Wildfire, July 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2007
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2007
- High Wind, January 6, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2007
- Flood, January 3, 2007
- High Wind, December 14, 2006
- High Wind, November 13, 2006
- Wildfire, August 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, June 10, 2006
- Strong Wind, March 8, 2006
- Flood, January 10, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2005
- Hail, August 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2005
- High Wind, January 11, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2005
- Hail, August 4, 2004
- High Wind, August 2, 2004
- Flood, May 21, 2004
- High Wind, April 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2004
- Heavy Snow, November 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow, November 23, 2003
- High Wind, November 19, 2003
- High Wind, October 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2003
- Flood, February 1, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 17, 2002
- Flood, March 11, 2002
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2001
- Dust Storm, September 25, 2001
- Hail, April 27, 2001
- High Wind, March 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2001
- High Wind, December 15, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2000
- Flood, February 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 16, 2000
- High Wind, January 9, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2000
- Wildfire, September 25, 1999
- Flash Flood, February 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 1999
- Flash Flood, December 1, 1998
- Wildfire, August 2, 1998
- Wildfire, July 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 5, 1998
- Tornado, July 5, 1997
- Tornado, May 31, 1997
- High Wind, April 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow, November 19, 1996
- Hail, July 9, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 1993
- Tornado, September 14, 1986
- Tornado, August 30, 1971
More
Tornadoes in Whitman CountyEvery warning in Whitman 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.