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East Slopes Southern Cascades County, Washington
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1997 and 2005, 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
7
Floods since 1996
42
All events
7
Deaths
$73K
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.
A snowmobiler died Sunday afternoon in an avalanche near Blewett Pass. After riding up a relatively steep slope he was trying to turn his machine around when the slope above him gave way. He and his machine fell 400 to 500 feet and were buried under 2-3 feet of snow. Nearby snowm…
Wind caused power outages in approximately 1500 homes from Toppenish to Grandview. Light damage was done to area apple and pear crops that had yet to be harvested. The windstorm also split a tree that knocked down a power line and electrically charged an irrigation ditch. Two tee…
Four people were killed when high wind blew a tree onto their truck near Bumping Lake. Two people were injured when two trees blew down on their camper trailer near Bumping Lake. Numerous trees fell across Bumping Lake Road. Summer homes along highway 410 were damaged by falling …
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Strong winds in upper Kittitas County led to power outages and scattered damage. Power outages affected hundreds of homes in Ronald, Roslyn, and Cle Elum. Several trees blew down near SR 903, and at MountainStar Resort. In addition, minor roof damage was also reported.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
26 inches of snow fell in the city of Easton in 24 hours ending at 7:30 am on March 7th. Other snow reports included 18 inches in Rosyln in a 24 hour period, and 14 inches of snow one mile east of Cle Elum.
Flood Flood
The Klickitat River near Pitt, with a flood stage of 9.0 feet, began flooding at 1:45 PM on January 31st. The river peaked at 10.8 feet at 3:00 AM on February 1st, and receded to below flood stage at 3:15 AM on February 2nd. There were no reports of damage associated with this fl…
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The city of Easton received 12 inches of snow.
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An arctic front moved through the state on October 29th, ushering in very cold temperatures. The coldest morning occurred on October 31st, where many all time low temperatures for the month of October were broken. Some low temperatures recorded in degrees Fahrenheit on the 31st i…
Heat Heat
A record breaking heat wave shattered many daily record high temperatures across the state. Some of the warmest locations include Prosser with 111 degrees, Walla Walla with 110 degrees, and Sunnyside with 109 degrees.
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11.5 inches new snow 7 miles northwest of Easton and 12 inches at Cle Elum in Kittitas County.
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Windy conditions led to several power outages in Klickitat County. Around 600 customers in the towns of Bickleton, Roosevelt, and Goodnoe lost power for 2 to 3 hours.
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Strong winds caused power lines to come in contact , leading to a power outage. Residents in central Klickitat County, included the towns of Goldendale, Bickleton, and Wishram lost power for around one hour.
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Heavy snow fell along the eastern slopes of the Washington Cascades. Hardest hit were areas in western Klickitat County just north of the Columbia River Gorge. A foot and a half accumulated in Glenwood (elevation 1950 ft). Elsewhere, 12 inches of snow fell in Goldendale and 10 in…
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12 inches of snow fell in a 10 hour period in Ronald, which lies at an elevation of 2400 feet 7 miles northwest of Cle Elem.
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Heavy snow fell along the eastern slopes of the Washington Cascades overnight and during the early part of today. Cle Elum, at an elevation of 1900 ft, received 12 inches of snow. 9 inches fell at Trout Lake, located in Klickitat Co. Rosyln, at an elevation of 2200 feet, received…
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A RAWS observing station at Sedge Ridge, located 15 miles west of Yakima, recorded a gust of 85 mph.
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A late winter storm dropped varying amounts of snow along the east slopes of the Cascades overnight. White Pass (4500 feet elevation) received 6 inches of snow, Snoqualmie Pass (3022 feet elevation) 4 inches, and both Glenwood (1968 feet elevation) and Easton Ridge (2800 feet ele…
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Six inches of new snow fell in Roslyn and five inches fell at Snoqualmie Pass overnight.
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Light snow began to fall during the morning of the 27th and increased in intensity during the afternoon. In the lowest elevations (1900 feet) 9 inches of snow fell. Above 3000 feet, up to 2 1/2 feet of new snow fell at Snoqualmie Pass.
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In the town of Wenas and near Chinook Pass, 6 to 7 inches of snow fell above 2500 feet elevation.
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Freezing fog caused ice to build up on power lines in Klickitat county. This caused power outages for as many as 4100 customers over a three day period.
Flood Flood
High water from spring snow melt caused minor flooding along the Naches and Yakima rivers as well as area creeks. River side parks...golf courses and road were closed. Sandbags were used to keep water flowing down streets out of yards. Some basements...farm outbuildings and pastu…
Flood Flood
Rising water in the Yakima river cut through a levee and covered parts of a golf course. Twelve families were evacuated early Monday when it was feared that another levee would fail.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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