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.
The first strong storm of the season caused wind gusts to 70 mph at Cannon Beach 58 mph at Tillamook and 61 mph at Seaside on the north coast and gusts to 62 mph at Sea Lion Caves on the central coast.
The first strong Pacific storm of the season caused wind gusts to 70 mph at Cannon Beach, 62 mph at Sea Lion Caves, 58 mph at Tillamook, and 61 mph at Seaside.
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, September 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: 5621789, 5621790.