1 avalanche, 1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 avalanche, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Avalanches closed Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass after two feet of snow fell. Some cars were nearly buried but there were no injuries.
Wind fallen trees caused power outages, one traffic accident, and one fell on two rows of parked cars. Wind blown dust dropped visibility to near zero on Interstate 182 between Pasco and Richland. A driver fighting the wind overcorrected and rolled the car.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, March 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: 5600732, 5600733.