High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM PST to February 23, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, February 22 to 23, 1996
A Pacific storm brought high winds to the entire Oregon Coast. Seaside, on the North Coast reported wind gusts to 58 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.
A Pacific storm brought high winds to the entire Oregon Coast. Seaside, on the North Coast reported wind gusts to 58 mph. On the Central Coast, Sea Lion Caves reported sustained winds of 56 mph with gusts up to 81 mph. On the South Coast, Cape Blanco reported winds of 63 mph and Gold Beach gusted to 58 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM PST to February 23, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
High Wind, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM PST to February 23, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 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 Colorado, February 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Vermont, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, February 22, 1996
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, February 22, 1996
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 22, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, February 22 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 22 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 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: 5558216, 5558217, 5558218.