Ice Storm, West Columbia River Gorge
- When
- January 16, 12:00 PM PST to January 17, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- West Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Ice Storm in Washington, January 16 to 17, 1996
Freezing rain caused significant accumulations of ice in the Columbia Gorge. Scattered power outages and numerous minor traffic accidents were reported.
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
Freezing rain caused significant accumulations of ice in the Columbia Gorge. Scattered power outages and numerous minor traffic accidents were reported.
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
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 16 to 17, 1996
- Blizzard in Nebraska, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, January 16, 1996 to January 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, January 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, January 16, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, January 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5584332.