High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- January 17, 9:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, January 17, 1999
A strong Pacific storm caused winds of 45 mph gusting to 70 mph at Netarts, 45 mph gusting to 61 mph at Newport, 42 mph gusting to 59 mph at Cannon Beach, a gust to 60 mph at Yachats, and winds 46 mph gusting to 59 mph at Sea Lion Caves.
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 PQR wrote it up.
A strong Pacific storm caused winds of 45 mph gusting to 70 mph at Netarts, 45 mph gusting to 61 mph at Newport, 42 mph gusting to 59 mph at Cannon Beach, a gust to 60 mph at Yachats, and winds 46 mph gusting to 59 mph at Sea Lion Caves.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- January 17, 9:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 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.
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More
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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: 5689608, 5689609.