Ice Storm, West Columbia River Gorge
- When
- January 27, 12:00 PM PST to January 28, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- West Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Ice Storm in Washington, January 27 to 28, 1997
Rain falling through cold air in the Columbia River Gorge produced significant accumulations of ice on roads and surfaces in the Gorge and near the western end of the gorge at Vancouver.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PQR wrote it up.
Rain falling through cold air in the Columbia River Gorge produced significant accumulations of ice on roads and surfaces in the Gorge and near the western end of the gorge at Vancouver.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Vancouver Area
- When
- January 27, 12:00 PM PST to January 28, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Vancouver Area forecast zone
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in New Mexico, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585761, 5585762.