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Clallam County, Washington
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1998 and 2025, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
6
Floods since 1996
22
All events
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Deaths
$12.8M
Property damage
Year by year
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Heavy rain and some snow melt caused flooding throughout much of Clallam County, especially on the Bogachiel and Elwha Rivers. Flooding reached major severity and preliminarily a record stage. Many road, highways, and bridges closed due to water over roadway, washouts, sloughing,…
Heavy rain caused some flooding and landslides, which damaged several roads and about a dozen homes. Along with the heavy rain, faulty drainage accounted for some flooding in Sekiu. The waterfront trail in Port Angeles was closed due to fallen trees and small landslides. A bridge…
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Heavy rainfall of 2.57 inches was reported at Forks, WA.
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A record rainfall of 1.04 inches was set at Quillayute airport on July 24th, breaking the old record of 0.21 inches set in 2015.
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A record rainfall of 2.38 inches was set at Quillayute Airport on April 8th, breaking the old record of 1.92 inches set in 2003.
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A record rainfall of 4.19 inches was recorded at the Quillayute airport. This broke the previous daily record of 1.82 inches set in 1971.
Flood Flood
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Heavy rain on already saturated soils caused several landslides along SR 112, including a large landslide near Sekiu that cutoff the water main to the town. One section of the highway dropped 2 1/2 feet, and other locations were buried in rock, mud, and trees.
Flood Flood
The Bogachiel River was above flood stage Jan 3 to 4, 2021.
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The Elwha River flexed its new muscles during the most recent round of storms and severely damaged Olympic Hot Springs Road and effectively buried a campground in silt.
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Several homes and apartments around Sequim were flooded as a result of local heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches in less than 12 hours.
Lightning Lightning
A lightning storm knocked two Forks radio stations off the air and damaged some equipment. It also caused a fire that destroyed a nearby home.
Flood Flood
The flooding of Tumwater Creek caused damage to the basement and equipment in a Port Angeles business. NOTE: When Alder trees near the creek were removed the water level decreased rapidly.
Flood Flood
Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha…
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Waterspout Waterspout
A brief waterspout was reported by the coast guard off Neah Bay.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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