High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- January 25, 4:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, January 25, 1998
The last strong Pacific storm of the month caused wind gusts to 75 mph at Newport in Lincoln county, and 64 mph at Sea Lion Caves in Lane county.
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 last strong Pacific storm of the month caused wind gusts to 75 mph at Newport in Lincoln county, and 64 mph at Sea Lion Caves in Lane county.
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.
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: 5630562.