Ice Storm, Lower Columbia Basin
- When
- January 17, 4:00 PM PST to January 19, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
Ice Storm in Oregon, January 17 to 19, 1997
Icy roads caused several traffic accidents and injuries on I-84.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 PDT wrote it up.
Icy roads caused several traffic accidents and injuries on I-84.
Event by event
3 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Foothills of the Blue Mountains
- When
- January 17, 4:00 PM PST to January 19, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Foothills of the Blue Mountains forecast zone
Ice Storm, Northeast Oregon
- When
- January 17, 4:00 PM PST to January 19, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northeast Oregon forecast zone
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 17 to 20, 1997
- Cold in Michigan, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 17, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in New Jersey, January 17 to 20, 1997
- Cold in New York, January 17 to 18, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Vermont, January 17, 1997
- Cold in New York, January 17, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 17 to 18, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 17 to 18, 1997
- Cold in Maryland, January 17 to 20, 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: 5600576, 5600577, 5600578.