Ice Storm, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM PST to November 22, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Ice Storm in Oregon, November 21 to 22, 1996
Warm moist air from an approaching Pacific storm overran cold air over Northwest Oregon and produced freezing rain in the Columbia Gorge and passes in the Northern Oregon Cascades.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PQR wrote it up.
Warm moist air from an approaching Pacific storm overran cold air over Northwest Oregon and produced freezing rain in the Columbia Gorge and passes in the Northern Oregon Cascades.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM PST to November 22, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
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, November 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, November 21 to 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, November 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 21 to 28, 1996
- Winter Weather in Virginia, November 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, November 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, November 21 to 22, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, November 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, November 21 to 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, November 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: 5578404, 5578405.