High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- December 15, 3:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 1999
A strong pacific storm system brought high winds to the north and central Oregon coast. Cannon beach reported gusts to 59 mph, Sea Lion Caves 44 mph and Netarts 50 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 storm system brought high winds to the north and central Oregon coast. Cannon beach reported gusts to 59 mph, Sea Lion Caves 44 mph and Netarts 50 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Coast
- When
- December 15, 3:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
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- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 15, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, December 15, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, December 15 to 16, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 15, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 15 to 16, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 15, 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: 5724077, 5724078.