High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- November 19, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind in Oregon, November 19, 1997
A powerful Pacific storm brought high winds to the Oregon coast. The highest wind speeds reported included sustained winds of 55 mph with gusts to 89 mph at Florence in Lane county, sustained 60 mph with gusts to 80 mph at Tillamook in Tillamook county, sustained 60 mph gusting to 80 mph at Netarts in Clatsop county, and sustained 51 mph gusting to 80 mph in Newport in Lincoln county.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 powerful Pacific storm brought high winds to the Oregon coast. The highest wind speeds reported included sustained winds of 55 mph with gusts to 89 mph at Florence in Lane county, sustained 60 mph with gusts to 80 mph at Tillamook in Tillamook county, sustained 60 mph gusting to 80 mph at Netarts in Clatsop county, and sustained 51 mph gusting to 80 mph in Newport in Lincoln county.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Coast
- When
- November 19, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
A powerful Pacific storm brought high winds to the Oregon coast. The highest wind speeds reported included sustained winds of 55 mph with gusts to 89 mph at Florence in Lane county, sustained 60 mph with gusts to 80 mph at Tillamook in Tillamook county, sustained 60 mph gusting to 80 mph at Netarts in Clatsop county, and sustained 51 mph gusting to 80 mph in Newport in Lincoln 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
- Ice Storm in Montana, November 19, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, November 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 19 to 20, 1997
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 19 to 20, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, November 19, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, November 19 to 20, 1997
- High Wind in California, November 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, November 19 to 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 19 to 20, 1997
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: 5625872, 5625873.