King storm history

Heavy rain and snow melt on saturated soils caused a landslide in this residential neighborhood, believed to have swept away or buried a man. The slide area is the size of multiple football fields and 15 feet deep.

In the Madison Valley area of Seattle, heavy rainfall produced excessive street runoff, flooding about 25 basements and drowning one woman trapped in her basement by rapidly rising water.

More than two dozen vehicles collided on Interstate 5 during a brief, but heavy, rain shower. Traffic was backed up for about 7 miles.

Heavy rain on top of saturated soils triggered a landslide that knocked a house off it's foundation, collapsing one level - destroying it and trapping the inhabitants. One man was trapped under debris and injured and had to be extricated by Seattle Fire Department. A woman was al…

Heavy rain and storm runoff damaged the West Point sewage treatment plant in Seattle. King county dumped an estimated 235 million gallons of untreated wastewater - including 30 million gallons of raw sewage - into Puget Sound because of damage to the plant. The plant could not pe…

There was major flooding along the Snoqualmie River. Westside Hwy on Vashon island was closed due to a portion of the road sinking. Some basements flooded as China Creek in Newcastle, overflowed. Several roads around North Bend and Carnation were closed due to flooding.

The cities of Snoqualmie, Carnation, Duvall and Fall City flooded, some residents had to be rescued, many homes were flooded. The Issaquah creek flooded some residences and businesses. It also eroded part of the riverbank, which caused a guest house to fall into the creek. About …

Four apartment buildings were evacuated in North Seattle, where some basement apartments had 3 feet of water in them. About 30 people were evacuated from apartments in Woodinville. Many roads were closed, including parts of SR 522, water over I-405 led to heavy traffic all day. A…

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…

A record rainfall of 2.39 inches at Seattle-Tacoma airport broke the previously daily record of 1.67 inches in 1970.

A record rainfall of 1.88 inches was recorded the National Weather Service office in Seattle. This broke the previous daily record of 1.82 inches set in 1933.

A record rainfall of 1.51 inches fell at the National Weather Service office in Seattle. This broke the previous daily record of 1.39 inches set in 1946.

The Snoqualmie and White Rivers exceeded flood stage. Urban and small stream flooding occurred as well. Heavy rain caused some landslides.

The Tacoma News Tribune reported a landslide in Federal Way over the 2800 block of Dash Point Road.

Heavy rain swelled a creek that undermined the foundation of a US Hwy 2 bridge outside of Skykomish, closing a 15-mile stretch of the highway for about a week.

In Shoreline, heavy rainfall caused a section of concrete to give way in the tunnel leading to a Metro bus barn under the I-5 HOV lanes between 165th and 175th Streets. Repairs to those lanes were completed two days later.

A lightning strike drove a couple out of their home in the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way. The lightning late Wednesday afternoon hit a tree in the elderly couple's front yard and traveled through the root system to the home. The lightning blew out drywall in the house, dama…

More than 5,000 people in Woodinville and Redmond lost power after lightning struck.

Storms moving through Western Washington brought lightning, heavy rain and hail. Lightning hit trees in the Fremont and Green Lake neighborhoods, in one case sparking a garage fire. Power was knocked out to about 2000 customers in northeast Seattle and crews worked to replace 24 …

An unoccupied Pacific home was destroyed after it was hit by a slide on West Valley Highway. The force of the slide knocked down several walls of the house and knocked the home off its foundation. A road was destroyed in Index (Sunset Falls). Other slide locations across roadways…

Heavy rain caused a mudslide which took out part of road near Maple valley.

Heavy rain caused a sinkhole which damaged a road in Burien.

South of Issaquah, a tree fell and struck a woman standing on her porch. The woman suffered a broken hip. A lightning strike sparked a gas leak in a Sammamish neighborhood, it hit a house, then went through the gutter system and ruptured a buried gas line 100 feet away and causin…

One lightning strike damaged a transformer, which knocked out power to customers in Shoreline.

A tree and power lines fell across cars in a parking lot at Green River Community College in Auburn. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day due to a power outage.

A road was partially blocked and minivan damaged when a mudslide occurred just south of Alki Beach.

A lightning strike cause minor damage to a home and minor injuries to the homeowner when he was blown across the room. After the lightning strike a fire started which caused nearly $100,000 damage to the house.

The Snoqualmie Falls golf course in Fall City and parts of Highway 202 were flooded after the Snoqualmie river near Carnation reached major flood stage.

About 8600 Seattle City Light customers lost power. About 300 homes in the Sammamish area lost power and one had a tree fall on it. In Maple valley a lumber storage building had its roof ripped off.

A spotter saw a small funnel cloud east of Enumclaw. It was brief and spotter could not see if it touched the ground due to the trees.

Some bicycles were tossed and a tent blew apart at Genesee Park in the Rainier Valley of Seattle.

Lightning struck a tree next to a home, causing damage to the home's siding and much of the electronics inside.

A funnel cloud was spotted near Maple Valley for a few minutes and photographed.

Major flooding on the Snoqualmie River.

Appeared over Lake Washington, on the northwest side of Mercer Island.

Funnel cloud confirmed by video.

A funnel cloud was observed from the Seattle NWS forecast office.

Funnel cloud reached about half way toward the ground.

Lightning struck a home in Kirkland, causing minor damage.

Up to 2 inches of rain fell during the day, causing a sinkhole to develop under a road in Woodinville and flooding several businesses in Kirkland. Freeway ramps were closed off of I-405 in Kirkland and there was ankle high water at intersections. A sinkhole also developed near a …

A thunderstorm briefly dumped 1 inch hail in Redmond.

Heavy rain caused a local creek to flood and damage 3 local businesses in north Seattle.

A lightning strike caused a small fire on the roof of a gas station.