Oregon, 1997Wildfire and Lightning Strike in Oregon, July 28 to 30, 1997
July 28 to 30, 1997 · NWS PDT · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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.
Event by event
1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Deschutes
- When
- July 28, 3:00 PM PST to July 30, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes County, Sisters
- Coordinates
- 43.915, -121.228 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning strike started a 25 acre fire on Black Crater about seven miles west of Sisters. No structures were threatened.
Heavy Rain, Jefferson
- When
- July 29, 3:00 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Madras
- Coordinates
- 44.629, -121.175 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain in Madras caused flooding of some streets and businesses.
Lightning, Deschutes
- When
- July 29, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes County, Sisters
- Coordinates
- 43.915, -121.228 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning strike knocked out a pump at a wastewater treatment plant causing between 50,000 and 70,000 gallons of wastewater to spill into Indian Ford Creek.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 28, 19975 deaths · 40 injured · $190 million · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 28, 199711 injured · $5.1 million · 2 events
- Heat in Illinois, July 28, 19971 death · 1 event
- Heat in North Carolina, July 28, 19971 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 1997$373,000 · 1.25 in hail · 36 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 19973 injured · $178,000 · 0.75 in hail · 7 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 28, 1997$538,000 · 7 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 28, 1997$130,000 · 19 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28 to 29, 1997$252,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 28, 19971 injured · $150,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 28, 1997$200,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 28, 19971 injured · $53,000 · 1.5 in hail · 20 events
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: 5612200, 5612202, 5612201.