High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 6, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds S 43KT gusting to 66 KT.
High Wind in Oregon, February 6, 1999
A short-lived storm hit the Southern Oregon coast early in the morning. The peak winds, listed above, were recorded before the High Wind Warning was issued.
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.
A short-lived storm hit the Southern Oregon coast early in the morning. The peak winds, listed above, were recorded before the High Wind Warning was issued. The winds diminished quickly thereafter. The warning was issued for the headlands only at 0736 LST and cancelled at 0840 LST.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- February 6, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds S 20KT gusting to 50KT.
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
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 6, 1999
- Avalanche in California, February 6, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 6, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, February 6 to 7, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, February 6, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 6 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 6, 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: 5684064, 5684065.