High Wind in Oregon, February 16, 1997

Name: High Wind in Oregon, February 16, 1997
Start: 1997-02-16T18:00
End: 1997-02-16T22:00
Location: Oregon

February 16, 1997 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, 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 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook

When: February 16, 6:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where: Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone

Winds gusted to 58 mph at Netarts as a Pacific storm approached the coast.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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, February 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: 5606525.