High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 23, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Gold Beach winds 44KT gusting to 56KT.
High Wind in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 1999
A strong winter storm struck the Southern Oregon coast on 02/23 and 02/24. A High Wind Warning was issued at 1345 LST on the 23rd and cancelled at 1811 LST on the 24th.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A strong winter storm struck the Southern Oregon coast on 02/23 and 02/24. A High Wind Warning was issued at 1345 LST on the 23rd and cancelled at 1811 LST on the 24th. The highest sustained wind and peak gust at verifying stations are listed above. Cape Blanco winds met high wind warning criteria for 22 hours.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 24, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds 49KT gusting to 70KT.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 24, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds 38KT gusting to 60KT.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 24, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds 54KT gusting to 63KT.
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
- Winter Weather in Georgia, February 23 to 24, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 23, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 23, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 23 to 24, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 23, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 1999
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 23 to 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, February 23, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 23 to 24, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, February 23, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, February 23, 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: 5682244, 5682245, 5682247, 5682246.