Washington, 1997High Wind in Washington, October 30 to 31, 1997
October 30 to 31, 1997 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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.
High Wind, Benton/Franklin/Walla Walla T Se
- When
- October 30, 8:00 AM PST to October 31, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Benton/Franklin/Walla Walla T Se forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -119.419 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High wind gusted to 72 mph around 8am at the Hanford weateher station which caused power to go out for over an hour in 80 buildings. At 830am... high wind toppled steel beams at a construction site in Richland's Horn Rapids Industrial Park. No one was hurt.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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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: 5620104.