High Wind, W Pacific
- When
- December 27, 8:00 AM PST to December 28, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Pacific forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
High Wind in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1998
The last powerful Pacific storm of this stormy month caused winds of 52 mph at Cape Disappointment. Heavy rain also fell December 27 and 28.
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 powerful Pacific storm of this stormy month caused winds of 52 mph at Cape Disappointment. Heavy rain also fell December 27 and 28.
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
- Flooding in Oregon, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Oregon, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Washington in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 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: 5677711.