High Wind, Southern Cascades and Siskiyou Mountains
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Cascades and Siskiyou Mountains forecast zone
High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 1998
A series of incoming low pressure systems sustained tight south-southeast pressure gradients. High wind gusts were localized but were as high as 70 mph in Ashland where trees and power lines were downed.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 series of incoming low pressure systems sustained tight south-southeast pressure gradients. High wind gusts were localized but were as high as 70 mph in Ashland where trees and power lines were downed. A roof was also reported to have blown off of a house. The highest gusts was 81 mph at Cape Blanco. Wind gusts include: 50 mph at Talent, 63 mph at Ashland airport, 62 mph at Buckhorn Mtn, 55 mph at Brookings, 47 mph at NWSO MFR, 43 mph at Brookings. 1500 homes and businesses in Ashland lost power.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Coast
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Coast forecast zone
High Wind, Rogue Basin
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Rogue Basin forecast zone
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 7, 1998
- Storm Surge in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in California, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Dense Fog in Colorado, February 7, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 7, 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: 5629397, 5631694, 5631695.