High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- February 20, 5:00 PM PST to February 22, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Oregon, February 20 to 22, 1999
Back to back wind storms moved over NW Oregon and SW Washington producing widespread high winds and minor to moderate damage. Most damage was due to limbs being blown off trees causing utility outages.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Back to back wind storms moved over NW Oregon and SW Washington producing widespread high winds and minor to moderate damage. Most damage was due to limbs being blown off trees causing utility outages. A NWS Meteorologist conducted a storm survey to investigate a particularly intense and localized area of damage near the boundary of Gresham and Portland, Oregon just north of NE Halsey Street. Around 8:40 PM PST to 8:55 PM PST winds estimated to be in excess of 70 mph tore off roofing material from several buildings at the Sandstone Manor Apartment Complex at 11611 NE Russell. More damage occurred to homes about 100 yards to the Southwest. Damage ranged from knocked down fences to uprooted trees. Wind driven shingles damaged cars and nearby structures. Eye witnesses reported dark clouds but no rotating cloud structures. There were thunderstorms associated with an intense Pacific front that was passing through the area at that time.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- February 20, 5:00 PM PST to February 22, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Columbia/C & W Multnomah/Washington/Nw Clackamas
- When
- February 20, 5:00 PM PST to February 22, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Columbia/C & W Multnomah/Washington/Nw Clackamas forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
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 Surf in California, February 20, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 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: 5689142, 5689143, 5689144.