High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 27, 12:58 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds 46KT gusting to 61KT.
High Wind in Oregon, February 27, 1999
Yet another in a long series of windy winter storms struck the Southern Oregon coast. The highest sustained wind and peak gust for all verifying stations are listed above.
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.
Yet another in a long series of windy winter storms struck the Southern Oregon coast. The highest sustained wind and peak gust for all verifying stations are listed above. The High Wind Warning was issued at 2139 PST on the 26th and cancelled at 2200 PST on the 27th. Gold Beach met high wind warning criteria for 18 hours, Cape Blanco for 24 hours. `
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 27, 7:36 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Spotter at Bandon reported winds gusting to 65 mph.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 27, 7:58 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds 51KT gusting to 60KT.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 27, 4:58 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Gold Beach winds 45KT gusting to 58KT.
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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- Hail in Missouri, February 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 27, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, February 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, February 27, 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: 5682249, 5682248, 5682250, 5682251.