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Grant County, Washington

Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1955 and 2023, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.

6
Tornado reports
17
Hail reports
10
Floods since 1996
82
All events
0
Deaths
$583K
Property damage

Tornado paths in Grant County

The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 6 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.

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Year by year

19552023
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All storm eventsTornadoes

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.

June 9, 2023 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
Social media photo showed funnel cloud near Quincy. It was in an isolated area. No damage reported.
May 27, 2023 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flash flood in the area of Adams Rd and Rd 13 NW. Mud, rocks, and debris were covering the roadway.
May 26, 2023 · Grant, Washington
Tornado EF0 Tornado
Land spout tornado reported by public. No damage or injuries reported.
June 5, 2022 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power lines down and over 900 people without power west of Quincy, centered in the crescent bar area.
May 30, 2020 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Mesonet station in Mattawa, Washington measured a wind gust of 68 mph.
March 19, 2019 · Grant, Washington
Flood Flood
A section of RD 19-NW near Soap Lake was temporarily closed due to snow melt flooding.
May 17, 2018 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flooding from heavy rain producing thunderstorms occurred in Ephrata during the late evening of May 17th. Basin Street, the main road through the downtown business district was flooded with 4 to 8 inches of water with first floor damage to multiple businesses in the downtown area…
April 28, 2018 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
Multiple members of the public reported and photographed a small funnel cloud near Ephrata.
March 11, 2017 · Grant, Washington
Flood Flood
A sinkhole caused unstable roadway conditions and forced the closure of Road W-NE near Warden.
June 1, 2015 · Grant, Washington
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A member of the public reported water and debris across highway 262 near the Mardon resort at the south end of Potholes Reservoir which is approximately 15 miles east of Royal City, WA.
June 1, 2015 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
A member of the public reported 0.75 inch hail 11 miles east northeast of Royal City, WA.
September 15, 2013 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Winds in Warden were sustained 30 to 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 58 miles per hour as the gust from moved through. Numerous trees downed and widespread power outages across the Moses Lake area. Some trees fell on houses and on vehicles. An outbuilding was destroyed and a f…
September 15, 2013 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Shop doors blown off and power poles downed across Wheeler Road.
September 5, 2013 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
X-NE Road was covered by water and mud for approximately 100 to 150 yards and appeared to be deep in sections. It was likely that the road was impassable during the flash flood, but there were no reports of impacts during the event. Timing of the flash flood was estimated by rada…
August 25, 2013 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Roughly fifty customers in the Mae Valley subdivision of Moses Lake lost power when strong thunderstorm winds damaged five different power poles holding transmission lines. As the gust front moved into northern sections of Grant County, law enforcement reported numerous trees and…
August 10, 2013 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
High winds uprooted a 40 foot tree onto a car in southeastern sections of Quincy. Power and phone outages were reported across southwestern sections of town. Six inches of standing water was on sections of Highway 28 in town.
June 24, 2013 · Grant, Washington
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain1 injury
Moderate to locally heavy rain of 0.25 to 0.50 inches resulted in cherry damage across portions of southern Grant County.
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
A washout occurred along Lower Crab Creek Road.
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
Hail broke one window and caused window trim from five other windows to break off. The hail also damaged corn and alfalfa fields as well.
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Measured at the Vantage Washington DOT sensor.
July 20, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Public reported a few trees completely blown down. Numerous tree limbs were snapped off trees that remain standing.
July 19, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
June 7, 2012 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
September 19, 2010 · Grant, Washington
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
June 23, 2010 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Very heavy rain led water running down the road and ditches along Highway Two.
June 23, 2010 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
June 23, 2010 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
Large hail from a thunderstorm accumulated to a depth of six inches.
May 19, 2010 · Grant, Washington
Tornado EF0 Tornado
An EF0 tornado touched down five miles northeast of Moses Lake on Northeast Road P. Non-continuous track from south to northwest for one-half to one-third of a mile. The tornado had an estimated width of 100 yards with winds of 65 to 85 miles per hour. The tornado lifted a sectio…
May 19, 2010 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Strong winds from a gust front damaged Simplot's Moses Lake Plant, forcing it to close down for 24 hours for repairs. The damage partially ripped the siding from the wall in the raw potato receiving area.
June 12, 2009 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
June 12, 2009 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
June 12, 2009 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
A funnel cloud was observed for five minutes along Highway 28.
June 6, 2009 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
June 4, 2009 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
July 1, 2008 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
July 1, 2008 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
At Steamboat Rock State Park, a tree was blown over. Several other trees had five inch limbs broken.
July 1, 2008 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
July 12, 2006 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
May 18, 2006 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
May 18, 2006 · Grant, Washington
Lightning Lightning
May 4, 2005 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
May 4, 2005 · Grant, Washington
Flash Flood Flash Flood
April 23, 2005 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
October 17, 2004 · Grant, Washington
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
May 20, 2004 · Grant, Washington
Hail Hail
November 17, 2003 · Grant, Washington
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
A brief funnel cloud was observed by Grant County officials northeast of Stratford during the afternoon of November 17th.
May 11, 2003 · Grant, Washington
Tornado F0 Tornado
A small tornado briefly touched down over unpopulated farm land during the afternoon of May 11th.
Events by year, as a table
YearEventsTornadoes
202331
202210
202010
201910
201820
201710
201520
201360
201290
201061
200950
200830
200630
200530
200420
200331
200210
200130
200030
199920
199850
199730
198810
198531
198210
197911
197211
196920
196810
196610
195810
195520