High Wind, Central Willamette Valley
- When
- February 28, 6:00 AM PST to February 29, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Willamette Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
With a strong low pressure system off the Oregon coast and a high pressure center over the intermountain west, strong easterly winds blew through the Columbia Gorge. At Corbett gusts of 62 mph were reported.
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.
With a strong low pressure system off the Oregon coast and a high pressure center over the intermountain west, strong easterly winds blew through the Columbia Gorge. At Corbett gusts of 62 mph were reported. Numerous trees were blown down at higher elevations in the Gorge and near the mouth of the Gorge. High winds also buffeted the Coast Range and the extreme northern Oregon Coast. Veronia reported wind gusts of 40-50 mph and 46 mph winds were reported at the mouth of the Columbia River.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Coast Range of W Oregon
- When
- February 28, 6:00 AM PST to February 29, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Coast Range of W Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- February 28, 6:00 AM PST to February 29, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 28, 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: 5558232, 5558233, 5558234.