259 first-hand accounts of flood events in Washington, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A nearly stationary upper level low pressure area parked near Brookings, Oregon brought abundant moisture across eastern Washington. This combined with daytime heating to produce a few severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A strong, warm and very wet Pacific weather system brought copious amounts of rainfall to Washington from November 2 through 7, with subsequent major flooding that extended through November 11.
Read the full account →Floodwater from the Duckabush River has inundated a number of homes on Kelly Road in Brinnon. At one point, the Duckabush River was five feet higher than normal.
Read the full account →Snow melt and rain created saturated soil conditions which lead to a road washout near Curlew in Ferry County. The road bed was undermined by the flood water causing the washout and collapse of a 20 foot section of the highway.
Read the full account →An Atmospheric River of Pacific moisture was directed into the Cascades of Washington during much of the third week of November. Holden Village recorded 3.65 inches of rain and water equivalent wet snow, which melted as the tropical origin moisture brought mild air along with…
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms containing very heavy rainfall led to flash flooding across portions of Central and Eastern Washington. The west side of Wenatchee was hardest hit as a very slow moving thunderstorm brought 0.85 inches of rain in 45 minutes.
Read the full account →Moist, southerly flow ahead of an area of low pressure trickling northward along the Oregon Coast created a moist, unstable environment over Central Washington.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system over western Oregon ejected a negatively tilted shortwave trough of lower pressure over the region during the evening hours of September 5th. Precipitable water values were twice the normal value for early September.
Read the full account →Wet thunderstorms moving to the north and northeast at 20 mph produced heavy rainfall over parts of the East Slopes and North Cascades including parts of the Okanogan Valley.
Read the full account →A strong, warm and very wet Pacific weather system brought copious amounts of rainfall to Washington from November 2 through 7, with subsequent major flooding that extended through November 11.
Read the full account →There was some flooding of the Cispus and Cowlitz rivers. Forest Service Road 23 suffered extensive washouts at mileposts 12.5 and 24. As a result the popular road is currently closed at mileposts 11 and 25.
Read the full account →A Pacific storm system moving through the region resulted in heavy rain across northeast Washington. Flooding and debris flows were reported across the Okanogan Highlands and Northeast Mountain regions with snowmelt contributing to the soggy conditions across the area.
Read the full account →Following a very wet April and May, warmer June temperatures began to melt an above normal mountain snowpack increasing flows into already swollen river basins. This caused moderate flooding along the Pend Oreille River and several of its tributaries.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system over western Oregon ejected a negatively tilted shortwave trough of lower pressure over the region during the evening hours of September 5th. Precipitable water values were twice the normal value for early September.
Read the full account →A cool upper-level trough centered over Eastern Washington produced unstable conditions on the afternoon of June 1st. Over northern Spokane County, scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system over western Oregon ejected a negatively tilted shortwave trough of lower pressure over the region during the evening hours of September 5th. Precipitable water values were twice the normal value for early September.
Read the full account →Spokes of energy rotating around an upper-level low digging down the Washington Coast tracked over Eastern Washington during the afternoon of July 15th.
Read the full account →Responding to spring time mountain snow melt, the Okanogan River achieved Minor Flood Stage multiple times during the month of May. The river touched Flood Stage briefly on May 8th, then rose above flood stage briefly on May 13th and 14th.
Read the full account →A strong, warm and very wet Pacific weather system brought copious amounts of rainfall to Washington from November 2 through 7, with subsequent major flooding that extended through November 11.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system over western Oregon ejected a negatively tilted shortwave trough of lower pressure over the region during the evening hours of September 5th. Precipitable water values were twice the normal value for early September.
Read the full account →A very moist frontal system produced heavy rain across the region resulting in flooding. Rain rates of 0.3 to 0.5 inch per hour was observed for several hours at many locations. The flooding was a combination of urban and small stream flooding and river flooding.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system over western Oregon ejected a negatively tilted shortwave trough of lower pressure over the region during the evening hours of September 5th. Precipitable water values were twice the normal value for early September.
Read the full account →During the evening of February 6th an ice jam on the Grande Ronde River near Troy gave way and sent a flood wave down the Grande Ronde River. While most of the river runs through uninhabited territory, minor property damage was reported as the flood wave passed an isolated…
Read the full account →Heavy rain and snow melt during the month of March caused the Spokane River to crest above Flood Stage in March. The river slowly receded but remained above Flood Stage through the first few days of April.
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