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Western Whatcom County, Washington

Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1996 and 2015, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.

0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
8
Floods since 1996
56
All events
9
Deaths
$6.9M
Property damage

Year by year

19962015
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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.

August 29, 2015 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind2 deaths
Two elderly people died in their home near Everson after inhaling a generator's exhaust fumes during the weekend power outage.
January 7, 2006 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Strong Wind Strong Wind1 death
A 5 year old girl died while hiking near Lake Whatcom, when a tree branch fell on her.
March 12, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind1 death
March 2, 1999 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind1 death
October 29, 1997 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind4 deaths
November 23, 1998 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind$6.5M damage
February 4, 2006 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
February 3, 2006 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 31, 2006 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
December 25, 2005 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Strong Wind Strong Wind
March 10, 2005 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Drought Drought
January 17, 2005 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
January 6, 2005 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
December 10, 2004 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
November 24, 2004 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
November 15, 2004 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 6, 2004 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Winter Weather Winter Weather
January 3, 2004 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
November 28, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Strong Wind Strong Wind
November 18, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
October 20, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
October 16, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
October 16, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 2, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Storm Surge/Tide Storm Surge/Tide
January 2, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 1, 2003 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
December 25, 2002 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
April 13, 2002 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
March 19, 2002 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
March 7, 2002 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
January 27, 2002 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
January 7, 2002 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Flood Flood
December 15, 2001 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
December 13, 2001 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
December 1, 2001 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
March 14, 2001 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Drought Drought
February 8, 2001 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
December 14, 2000 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 16, 2000 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 10, 2000 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
October 27, 1999 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
February 5, 1999 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 28, 1999 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
December 24, 1998 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
November 12, 1998 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 12, 1998 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Freezing rain turned snow-covered Whatcom County roads into a slick mess. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of snow fell overnight followed by freezing rain the next morning. The airport was closed for about 4 hours and there were around 30 accidents on state highways, however, no one …
October 9, 1997 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
March 30, 1997 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
January 30, 1997 · Western Whatcom, Washington
High Wind High Wind
December 27, 1996 · Western Whatcom, Washington
Blizzard Blizzard
Events by year, as a table
YearEventsTornadoes
201510
200640
200540
200450
200390
200260
200150
200030
199940
199840
199740
199670