Oregon, 1999

High Wind in Oregon, January 15 to 16, 1999

January 15 to 16, 1999 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Another Pacific storm caused winds of 45 mph at Sea Lion Caves, and gusts to 61 mph at Cannon Beach.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

Another Pacific storm caused winds of 45 mph at Sea Lion Caves, and gusts to 61 mph at Cannon Beach.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook

When
January 15, 8:00 PM PST to January 16, 1:00 AM PST
Where
Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

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, January 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: 5689604.