High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- December 15, 4:00 PM PST to December 16, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 81 kt (93 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, December 15 to 16, 1997
The last major storm of 1997 brought high winds to the Northern and Central Oregon coast. Maximum reported wind speeds included sustained 58 mph gusting to 78 mph at Florence and sustained 58 mph gusting to 70 mph at Sea Lion Caves, both in Lane county, gusts to 70 mph at Netarts and 69 mph at Garibaldi in Tillamook couty, sustained 54 mph gusting to 66 mph at Newport in Lincoln county, and a…
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.
The last major storm of 1997 brought high winds to the Northern and Central Oregon coast. Maximum reported wind speeds included sustained 58 mph gusting to 78 mph at Florence and sustained 58 mph gusting to 70 mph at Sea Lion Caves, both in Lane county, gusts to 70 mph at Netarts and 69 mph at Garibaldi in Tillamook couty, sustained 54 mph gusting to 66 mph at Newport in Lincoln county, and a gust to 65 mph at Cannon Beach in Clatsop county.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Coast
- When
- December 15, 4:00 PM PST to December 16, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
The last major storm of 1997 brought high winds to the Northern and Central Oregon coast. Maximum reported wind speeds included sustained 58 mph gusting to 78 mph at Florence and sustained 58 mph gusting to 70 mph at Sea Lion Caves, both in Lane county, gusts to 70 mph at Netarts and 69 mph at Garibaldi in Tillamook couty, sustained 54 mph gusting to 66 mph at Newport in Lincoln county, and a gust to 65 mph at Cannon Beach in Clatsop county.
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
- Flood in Florida, December 15 to 31, 1997
- Winter Storm in Florida, December 15, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Florida, December 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 15 to 18, 1997
- Dense Fog in Indiana, December 15, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, December 15, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 15 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, December 15, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, December 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 15 to 16, 1997
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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: 5625480, 5625481.