2 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds ripped through Clearwater and Idaho counties causing damage. In Orofino, a roof was blown off of a porch pinning a woman. Winds were estimated at 70 miles an hour. In Kooskia trees were blown down with winds being estimated at 50 miles an hour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, March 1997
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: 5596042, 5596043.