Storm Surge/Tide, Curry
- When
- February 7, 12:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Curry County, Port Orford
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Coordinates
- 42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge in Oregon, February 7, 1998
Unusually heavy surf battered the coast washing away part of Port Orfords sewage treatment system and threatened the town's water supply. Dune that seperates the ocean from Garrison Lake (Port Orford's water supply) was eroded allowing some salt water to spill into the the lake.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- 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.
Unusually heavy surf battered the coast washing away part of Port Orfords sewage treatment system and threatened the town's water supply. Dune that seperates the ocean from Garrison Lake (Port Orford's water supply) was eroded allowing some salt water to spill into the the lake.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Storm Surge/Tide
- Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.
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
- Lightning Strike in California, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Dense Fog in Colorado, February 7, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, 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 1998The 1998 hurricane season
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: 5629418.