High Wind, Lake/Klamath T X W
- When
- September 27, 5:30 PM PST
- Where
- Lake/Klamath T X W forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Downed trees blocking road
High Wind in Oregon, September 27, 1998
Strong gust fronts from collapsing thunderstorms spread across Lake, Klamath, Jackson, and Josephine counties on the evening of 09/27/98. but damage was mostly light.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 gust fronts from collapsing thunderstorms spread across Lake, Klamath, Jackson, and Josephine counties on the evening of 09/27/98. Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported...but damage was mostly light.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S
- When
- September 27, 6:35 PM PST
- Where
- Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S
- When
- September 27, 6:39 PM PST
- Where
- Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 27 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Mississippi, September 27 to 29, 1998
- Hail in New York, September 27, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 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: 5660829, 5660830, 5660831.