High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- February 20, 3:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, February 20, 1998
The last strong windstorm of the month caused sustained winds of 45 mph gusting to 78 mph at Netarts on the North Coast and 49 mph gusting to 64 mph at Sea Lion Caves on the Central Coast.
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 strong windstorm of the month caused sustained winds of 45 mph gusting to 78 mph at Netarts on the North Coast and 49 mph gusting to 64 mph at Sea Lion Caves on the Central Coast.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- February 20, 3:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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
- Flood in Florida, February 20 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 20, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 20 to 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, February 20 to 21, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 20, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Missouri, February 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 20, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 20, 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: 5634802, 5634803.