High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- January 14, 12:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind in Oregon, January 14, 1998
A warmer Pacific storm brought high winds to the coast, which blew down trees, some weakened by the previous weeks ice storm, causing local power outages. Highest reported winds were sustained 55 mph gusting to 71 mph at Sea Lion Caves in Lane county, sustained 50 mph gusting to 70 mph at Netarts in Tillamook county, sustained 55 mph gusting to 63 mph at Florence in Lane county, sustained 50 mph…
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 warmer Pacific storm brought high winds to the coast, which blew down trees, some weakened by the previous weeks ice storm, causing local power outages. Highest reported winds were sustained 55 mph gusting to 71 mph at Sea Lion Caves in Lane county, sustained 50 mph gusting to 70 mph at Netarts in Tillamook county, sustained 55 mph gusting to 63 mph at Florence in Lane county, sustained 50 mph gusting to 62 mph at Cannon Beach in Clatsop county, and a gust to 66 mph at Newport in Lincoln county.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- January 14, 12:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
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 Washington, January 14, 1998
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 14, 1998
- Cold in Maine, January 14 to 15, 1998
- Cold in Maine, January 14, 1998
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 14 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 14 to 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 14, 1998
- Cold in New Hampshire, January 14 to 15, 1998
- Cold in New Hampshire, January 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 14 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 14, 1998
- Dense Fog in Arizona, January 14, 1998
More
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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: 5630556, 5630557.