Debris Flow, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to January 7, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
Debris Flows in Oregon, January 1 to 7, 1997
Heavy rains during the last week of December continued into January and caused numerous mudslides throughout Northwestern Oregon. A few homes and businesses were damaged with many roads and highways temporarily cut by mudslides.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Heavy rains during the last week of December continued into January and caused numerous mudslides throughout Northwestern Oregon. A few homes and businesses were damaged with many roads and highways temporarily cut by mudslides.
Event by event
5 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Debris Flow, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to January 7, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
Debris Flow, Central Coast Range of W Oregon
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to January 7, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast Range of W Oregon forecast zone
Debris Flow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to January 7, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Debris Flow, Lower Columbia
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to January 7, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia forecast zone
What these are
- Debris Flow
- A fast-moving slurry of mud, rock and debris, usually on a slope soaked by heavy rain or stripped by a fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Nevada, January 1 to 17, 1997
- Flooding in Washington, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in California, January 1 to 17, 1997
- Storm Surge in California, January 1, 1997
- Flooding and High Wind in Oregon, January 1 to 5, 1997
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 1997
- Flood in California, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 1, 1997
- Flooding and High Wind in California, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 1, 1997
- Flood in Oregon, January 1 to 5, 1997
- Flood in California, January 1 to 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5585745, 5585746, 5585747, 5585748, 5585749.