Washington, 1997

High Wind in Washington, March 30, 1997

March 30, 1997 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, W Pacific

When
March 30, 9:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
Where
W Pacific forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000

A strong Pacific storm brought high winds to the southern Washington coast on Easter Sunday. At 945 at Cape Disappointment winds gusted to 58 mph; at 1230 PM at Megler a gust to 87 mph was reported; at 221 PM South Bend had a gust to 62 mph; and at 430 PM Long Beach reported a gust to 74 mph.

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

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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: 5606951.