High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- December 12, 3:00 AM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 1999
A strong pacific cold front brought strong winds to the north and central oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves reported gusts to 47 mph and Netarts gusts to 61 mph.
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.
A strong pacific cold front brought strong winds to the north and central oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves reported gusts to 47 mph and Netarts gusts to 61 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Coast
- When
- December 12, 3:00 AM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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 Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 12, 1999
- Cold in California, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1999
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: 5724074, 5724075.