High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 3, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds 35 KT gusting to 54 KT
High Wind in Oregon, February 3 to 4, 1999
Another in a long series of windy winter storms hit the Oregon coast on 02/03/99 and lasted into 02/04/99. This time around, the only winds verifying a high wind warning were recorded at Cape Arago.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Another in a long series of windy winter storms hit the Oregon coast on 02/03/99 and lasted into 02/04/99. This time around, the only winds verifying a high wind warning were recorded at Cape Arago.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 4, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds 35 KT gusting to 48 KT
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
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: 5683989, 5684047.