Flood, South Coast
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM PST to January 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- South Coast forecast zone
Flooding in Washington, January 9 to 1, 1997
Heavy rains during the last week of December caused 4 major rivers and numerous smaller streams throughout Southwest Washington to flood. Most damage was confined to roads and farmland with a few homes and businesses inundated.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Heavy rains during the last week of December caused 4 major rivers and numerous smaller streams throughout Southwest Washington to flood. Most damage was confined to roads and farmland with a few homes and businesses inundated.
Event by event
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Southwest Interior
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM PST to January 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest Interior forecast zone
Flood, Lower Columbia
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM PST to January 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia forecast zone
Flood, Vancouver Area
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM PST to January 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Vancouver Area forecast zone
Flood, Southern Cascade Foothills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM PST to January 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southern Cascade Foothills forecast zone
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 9, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585735, 5585736, 5585737, 5585738, 5585739.