Ice Storm, Lower Columbia Basin
- When
- December 24, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
- Injuries
- 28 direct, 0 indirect
Ice Storm in Oregon, December 24, 1996
Twenty-eight people taken to hospital after bus roll-over.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 28
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Twenty-eight people taken to hospital after bus roll-over.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in North Dakota, December 24, 1996
- Cold in Minnesota, December 24 to 26, 1996
- Heat and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1996
Sources
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: 5582407.