High Wind, Central Coast
- When
- March 17, 10:00 PM PST to March 18, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Washington, March 17 to 18, 1997
Along with the heavy rain winds gusted to 58 mph, knocking out power to 2500 South Beach residents.
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.
Along with the heavy rain winds gusted to 58 mph, knocking out power to 2500 South Beach residents.
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 Montana, March 17, 1997
- Dense Fog in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1997
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, March 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: 5596628.