High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- January 23, 10:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, January 23, 1998
A Pacific storm caused high winds at the coast. Maximum wind speeds reported were sustained 53 mph gusting to 72 mph at Florence and sustained 53 mph gusting to 63 mph at Sea Lion Caves, both in Lane county, and a gust to 66 mph at Cannon Beach in Clatsop county.
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.
A Pacific storm caused high winds at the coast. Maximum wind speeds reported were sustained 53 mph gusting to 72 mph at Florence and sustained 53 mph gusting to 63 mph at Sea Lion Caves, both in Lane county, and a gust to 66 mph at Cannon Beach in Clatsop county.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- January 23, 10:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 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
- Flash Flood in Florida, January 23 to 24, 1998
- Dense Fog in California, January 23, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 29, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 27, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 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: 5630559, 5630560.