Dense Fog in Oregon, December 12 to 13, 1997

Name: Dense Fog in Oregon, December 12 to 13, 1997
Start: 1997-12-12T09:00
End: 1997-12-13T16:00
Location: Oregon

December 12 to 13, 1997 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
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.

Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When: December 12, 9:00 AM PST to December 13, 4:00 PM PST
Where: Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect

Freezing fog along I-84 caused at least three semi-trucks to jack-knife on Cabbage Hill east of Pendleton. One driver was treated for a head wound and released.

What these are

Dense Fog: Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oregon in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, December 1997

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: 5626145.