Dense Fog, Lower Columbia Basin
- When
- December 24, 8:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
Fog caused several minor traffic accidents near Stanfield and Hermiston.
Dense Fog in Oregon, December 24, 1997
1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
Event by event
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 24, 1997
- Tornadoes in Alabama, December 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Flooding in Georgia, December 24 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 24, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 24 to 26, 1997
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 24, 1997
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5626143.