High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- November 27, 3:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, November 27, 1996
A storm off the Oregon Coast caused high winds along the North and Central Oregon Coast. Sustained winds of 35-45 mph occurred at many locations with gusts to 62 mph at Cannon Beach and 61 mph at Sea Lion Caves.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 storm off the Oregon Coast caused high winds along the North and Central Oregon Coast. Sustained winds of 35-45 mph occurred at many locations with gusts to 62 mph at Cannon Beach and 61 mph at Sea Lion Caves.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- November 27, 3:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 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: 5578410, 5578411.