High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM PST to April 23, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, April 22 to 23, 1996
The Oregon Coast continued to record high winds as another weather disturbance moved into Oregon. Cape Blanco 65 mph, Sea Lion Caves 74 mph, and Netarts gusted to 75 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The Oregon Coast continued to record high winds as another weather disturbance moved into Oregon. Cape Blanco 65 mph, Sea Lion Caves 74 mph, and Netarts gusted to 75 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM PST to April 23, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
High Wind, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM PST to April 23, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon 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
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 22, 1996
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, April 22, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
- Hail in Arkansas, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
More
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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: 5556800, 5556801, 5556802.