Thunderstorm Wind, Clackamas
- When
- January 15, 3:00 AM PST to 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Clackamas County, Carver
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -122.500
Damaging Wind in Oregon, January 15, 1996
A strong Pacific front moved into Western Oregon early in the morning. A line of strong and severe thunderstorms developed along the front producing damaging wind gusts.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 strong Pacific front moved into Western Oregon early in the morning. A line of strong and severe thunderstorms developed along the front producing damaging wind gusts. Winds gusted to 70 mph at Netarts and 61 mph at Sea Lion Caves. Sustained winds of 58 mph hit Chetco and sustained winds of 46 mph occurred at Yaquina. Sustained winds of 40 mph occurred at Newport and Tillamook. In the Willamette valley winds gusted to 85 mph at Dallas. In Carver, wind blew a tree onto a trailer home, killing one occupant. In Lincoln City, a hotel was destroyed. In nearby Taft, two manufactured homes were destroyed. Lightning and strong winds caused power outages to 10000 customers in Portland and power failures in Tillamook. Lightning damaged a fire station in Clackamas County.
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Clackamas | 1996-01-15 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5560815.