High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- April 11, 1:00 PM PST to April 12, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, April 11 to 12, 1996
A Pacific storm approached the Oregon coast bringing high winds to the North and Central Oregon coast. Cape Blanco gusted to 46 mph, Netarts sustained wind of 45 mph, Cannon Beach 40 mph and Sea Lion Caves Gusted to 68 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A Pacific storm approached the Oregon coast bringing high winds to the North and Central Oregon coast. Cape Blanco gusted to 46 mph, Netarts sustained wind of 45 mph, Cannon Beach 40 mph and Sea Lion Caves Gusted to 68 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- April 11, 1:00 PM PST to April 12, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 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
- High Wind in California, April 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, April 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 11 to 13, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 11, 1996
- Hail in Oregon, April 11, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, April 1996
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: 5556779, 5556780.