Thunderstorm Wind, Okanogan
- When
- August 26, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Okanogan County, Brewster
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -119.780
Damage to orchards and buildings in area
Damaging Wind in Washington, August 26, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- 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.
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and High Wind in Washington, August 26, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, August 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 26, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 26, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 26, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 26, 1997
- Hail in New York, August 26, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 26, 1997
More
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, August 1997
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: 5619434.