Oregon, 1996

High Wind in Oregon, January 26 to 27, 1996

January 26 to 27, 1996 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A Pacific storm brings strong winds to the southern Oregon coast. Gold Beach gusts to 59 mph.

The toll

Deaths
0
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 Pacific storm brings strong winds to the southern Oregon coast. Gold Beach gusts to 59 mph.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Coast Range of Nw Oregon

When
January 26, 1:00 PM PST to January 27, 12:00 AM PST
Where
Coast Range of Nw Oregon forecast zone
Measured
51 kt (59 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: 5560857.