High Wind, Thurston T X Se/Sw Mason/C&se Grays Harbor
- When
- December 14, 10:00 AM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Thurston T X Se/Sw Mason/C&se Grays Harbor forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
High Wind in Washington, December 14, 1997
About 5000 homes lost power and I-5 was temporarily closed as sustained winds of 35 mph blew over most of Thurston County.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
About 5000 homes lost power and I-5 was temporarily closed as sustained winds of 35 mph blew over most of Thurston County.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, December 14, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 14, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 14 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, December 14, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 14, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 14 to 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, December 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 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: 5621160.