High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- November 20, 6:25 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, November 20, 1998
The first strong Pacific storm of the month brought high winds to the Northern and Central Oregon Coast. Spotter reports included sustained winds 60 mph gusting to 80 mph in Cannon Beach and gusts to 60 mph at Astoria airport in Clatsop county, 50 mph gusting to 72 mph in Netarts and sustained winds of 45 mph in Tillamook in Tillamook county, and sustained winds 59 mph gusting to 69 mph at Sea…
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.
The first strong Pacific storm of the month brought high winds to the Northern and Central Oregon Coast. Spotter reports included sustained winds 60 mph gusting to 80 mph in Cannon Beach and gusts to 60 mph at Astoria airport in Clatsop county, 50 mph gusting to 72 mph in Netarts and sustained winds of 45 mph in Tillamook in Tillamook county, and sustained winds 59 mph gusting to 69 mph at Sea Lion Caves in Lane county. No reports of significant damage were attributed to this storm.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- November 20, 7:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Dense Fog in Florida, November 20, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 20 to 22, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, November 20 to 22, 1998
- Strong Wind in California, November 20, 1998
- Flooding in California, November 20 to 22, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, November 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 20 to 21, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, November 20, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, November 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 20 to 21, 1998
More
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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: 5673910, 5673911.