High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM PST to December 30, 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 96 kt (110 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, December 29 to 30, 1996
The first in a series of strong Pacific storms lashed the North and Central Oregon Coast with winds gusting to 110 mph at Netarts, 40 mph gusting to 80 mph at Gleneden Beach, 40 mph gusting to 70 at Waldport, 56 mph gusting to 75 mph at Sea Lion Caves and 55 mph gusting to 66 mph at Cannon Beach.
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.
The first in a series of strong Pacific storms lashed the North and Central Oregon Coast with winds gusting to 110 mph at Netarts, 40 mph gusting to 80 mph at Gleneden Beach, 40 mph gusting to 70 at Waldport, 56 mph gusting to 75 mph at Sea Lion Caves and 55 mph gusting to 66 mph at Cannon Beach.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM PST to December 30, 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, December 29, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Washington, December 29 to 31, 1996
- Flood in Washington, December 29 to 31, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, December 29 to 30, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, December 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996
- Flooding in California, December 29 to 31, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 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: 5575764, 5575765.