Oregon, 1999

High Wind in Oregon, August 18, 1999

August 18, 1999 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Columbia Deschutes Plateau

When
August 18, 3:20 PM PST
Where
Columbia Deschutes Plateau forecast zone
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

Sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts up to 60 mph knocked over an outhouse at the Snow River fire lookout. This lookout tower is located 35 miles south of Dayville in Grant County.

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

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: 5713299.