Oregon, 1997

High Wind in Oregon, September 16, 1997

September 16, 1997 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When
September 16, 4:45 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
Where
Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
Measured
41 kt (47 mph)

Strong wind caused power outages to about 350 homes in the La Grande and Perry areas when tree limbs blew into power lines. Wind gusts to 47 mph in Joseph caused a number of homes to lose power for an hour.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5618540.