High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 18, 6:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago 36KT sustained wind at 0600 LST...Peak Gust of 58KT at 0700 LST.
High Wind in Oregon, February 18, 1999
The High Wind Warning for this storm was issued at 0456 LST and cancelled at 1155 LST. Only a few observations at Cape Arago at 0600 and 0700 LST met the warning criteria and are listed above.
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 MFR wrote it up.
The High Wind Warning for this storm was issued at 0456 LST and cancelled at 1155 LST. Only a few observations at Cape Arago at 0600 and 0700 LST met the warning criteria and are listed above.
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
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 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: 5682130.