High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- February 12, 8:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
A strong Pacific storm caused high winds along the Northern and Central Oregon Coast. On the North coast wind gusts to 69 mph were reported at Netarts and 66 mph at Cannon Beach, and along the Central Coast reported winds were 53 mph gusting to 76 mph at Florence and 54 mph gusting to 69 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 strong Pacific storm caused high winds along the Northern and Central Oregon Coast. On the North coast wind gusts to 69 mph were reported at Netarts and 66 mph at Cannon Beach, and along the Central Coast reported winds were 53 mph gusting to 76 mph at Florence and 54 mph gusting to 69 mph at Sea Lion Caves.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- February 12, 8:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 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
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in New York, February 12, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 17, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 12 to 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 12 to 23, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 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: 5634800, 5634801.