High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- December 17, 10:00 AM PST to December 18, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Oregon, December 17 to 18, 1999
Strong winds associated with a strong Pacific frontal system crossing the area brought strong winds to the north and central Oregon coast. Seaside reported gusts to 62 mph and Netarts gusts to 61 mph.
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.
Strong winds associated with a strong Pacific frontal system crossing the area brought strong winds to the north and central Oregon coast. Seaside reported gusts to 62 mph and Netarts gusts to 61 mph.
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
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 17 to 18, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, December 17 to 18, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 17 to 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, December 17, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, December 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 17 to 18, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, December 17, 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: 5724079.