High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- December 12, 6:58 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Observed wind at Cape Blanco...47 mph gusting to 66 mph.
High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 1998
A High Wind Warning was issued for the Southern Oregon coast on 12/12 at 0250 PST and was later restricted to the headland areas. The warning was cancelled on 12/13 at 0611 PST.
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 MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the Southern Oregon coast on 12/12 at 0250 PST and was later restricted to the headland areas. The warning was cancelled on 12/13 at 0611 PST.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1998
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: 5674494.