Flood in Oregon, January 1 to 4, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$2.7 million

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.

Flood

Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

• Flooding in Nevada, January 1 to 17, 19972 deaths · 50 injured · $640 million · 5 events
• Flooding in Washington, January 1 to 3, 19971 death · $20 million · 3 events
• Flooding in California, January 1 to 17, 19972 injured · $330 million · 4 events
• Storm Surge in California, January 1, 199727 injured · 1 event
• Flooding and High Wind in Oregon, January 1 to 5, 1997$90 million · 86 kt wind · 8 events
• Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 1997$23 million · 14 events
• Flood in California, January 1 to 3, 1997$30 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in California, January 1, 19971 death · 1 event
• Flooding and High Wind in California, January 1 to 3, 1997$11 million · 61 kt wind · 3 events
• Flash Flood in California, January 1, 1997$10 million · 1 event
• Flood in Oregon, January 1 to 5, 1997$9.9 million · 1 event
• Flood in California, January 1 to 2, 1997$5.0 million · 1 event

Every storm in Oregon in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5600570.