High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- January 1, 7:30 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, January 1, 1998
The first day of 1998 a Pacific storm caused high winds along the Central Oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves in Lane county reported sustained winds of 54 mph gusting to 70 mph while Florence reported a gust to 60 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 PQR wrote it up.
The first day of 1998 a Pacific storm caused high winds along the Central Oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves in Lane county reported sustained winds of 54 mph gusting to 70 mph while Florence reported a gust to 60 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1 to 25, 1998
- Wildfire and Rip Current in Guam, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1 to 26, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 1, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 1 to 3, 1998
- Hurricane in American Samoa, January 1 to 5, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Flooding in South Carolina, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Hawaii, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 1 to 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5630551.