2 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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
October began with a strong Pacific storm that caused wind gusts of 69 mph at Garibaldi on the north coast and gusts to 62 mph at Sea Lion Caves and 60 mph at Florence on the central coast.
October began with a strong Pacific storm that caused wind gusts to 69 mph atGaribaldi on the north coast and 62 mph at Sea Lion Caves and 60 mph at Florence on the central coast.
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, October 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: 5621797, 5621798.