High Wind, Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S
- When
- January 28, 10:10 PM PST
- Where
- Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S forecast zone
- Property damage
- $30,000
High Wind in Oregon, January 28, 1998
A high wind event affected interior sections of southwest Oregon. South to southeast winds gusted to 50 mph, and caused a tree to fall on a mobile home.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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.
A high wind event affected interior sections of southwest Oregon. South to southeast winds gusted to 50 mph, and caused a tree to fall on a mobile home. Temporary power outages were reported from Medford to Ashland.
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
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in South Carolina, January 28, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 28, 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: 5627252.