High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- December 27, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds 45 MPH gusting to 72 MPH.
High Wind in Oregon, December 27, 1998
Yet another Pacific storm moved in on 12/27, and a High Wind Warning was issued for the Southern Oregon coast (ORZ003) at 0910 PST. Verifying winds were reported at two locations.
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 MFR wrote it up.
Yet another Pacific storm moved in on 12/27, and a High Wind Warning was issued for the Southern Oregon coast (ORZ003) at 0910 PST. Verifying winds were reported at two locations. The peak winds at each location are listed above.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- December 27, 10:58 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds 46 MPH gusting to 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
- Flooding in Oregon, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Oregon, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
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: 5674499, 5674500.