Dust Storm in Oregon, April 16 to 17, 1996

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Dust Storm

Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Lightning Strike in Washington, April 16, 19961 death · 1 event
• Hail in California, April 16, 1996$7.7 million · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
• Flooding in Maine, April 16 to 18, 1996$2.3 million · 8 events
• Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996$1.5 million · 1 event
• Hail in California, April 16, 1996$600,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event
• Debris Flow in Maine, April 16, 1996$570,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in New Jersey, April 16, 1996$250,000 · 68 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in California, April 16, 1996$100,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
• High Wind in South Carolina, April 16, 1996$50,000 · 1 event
• Hail in California, April 16, 1996$50,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
• Flooding in New York, April 16, 1996$40,000 · 2 events
• Flood in California, April 16, 1996$30,000 · 1 event

Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, April 1996

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5556785.