1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds associated with a Pacific storm lashed the north coast in the early evening. At 610 PM winds gusted to 58 mph at Astoria airport, flipping over a small airplane on the ground. Trees in the Astoria area were also reported being blown down. At 7 PM winds gusted to 78 mph at Netarts and Cannon Beach, and 75 mph at Warrenton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, March 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: 5606949.