High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM PST to February 7, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, February 6 to 7, 1996
A Pacific storm brought high winds to the Oregon Coast with gusts to 71 mph at Netarts on the Northern Coast, sustained winds of 46 mph at Siuslaw, and winds of 44 mph gusting to 60 mph at Cape Arago on the Central Coast, and 66 mph winds at Cape Blanco on the Southern Coast.
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 Oregon Coast with gusts to 71 mph at Netarts on the Northern Coast, sustained winds of 46 mph at Siuslaw, and winds of 44 mph gusting to 60 mph at Cape Arago on the Central Coast, and 66 mph winds at Cape Blanco on the Southern Coast.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM PST to February 7, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM PST to February 7, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 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
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: 5558035, 5558036, 5558037.