High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 24, 4:58 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
Strong, gusty winds continued for a second day along the southern Oregon coast. The peak wind gusts reached 77 mph at Cape Blanco both in the morning and again late in the afternoon.
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 MFR wrote it up.
Strong, gusty winds continued for a second day along the southern Oregon coast. The peak wind gusts reached 77 mph at Cape Blanco both in the morning and again late in the afternoon.
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
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 24 to 31, 1998
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Maine, January 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 24, 1998
- Flood in New Jersey, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24, 1998
- Flash Flood in Rhode Island, January 24, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
- Tropical Storm in American Samoa, January 24 to 26, 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: 5627250.