High Wind, Baker
- When
- March 28, 11:00 PM PST to March 29, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Baker forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, March 28 to 29, 1998
High winds blew across south eastern Oregon with winds of 40 mph gusting to 60 at Keating in Baker County. In Malheur County, 50 mph winds downed trees near Brogan, Oregon.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 BOI wrote it up.
High winds blew across south eastern Oregon with winds of 40 mph gusting to 60 at Keating in Baker County. In Malheur County, 50 mph winds downed trees near Brogan, Oregon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, X Ne Malheur
- When
- March 29, 12:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- X Ne Malheur forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.979, -123.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Arizona, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, March 28 to 29, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Flood and Hail in California, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in Ohio, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in New York, March 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 28 to 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, March 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: 5632309, 5632310.