High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 17, 7:58 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco winds 16050G60 KT
High Wind in Oregon, January 17, 1999
Yet another winter storm moved in from the Pacific, bringing another round of high winds to the coastal areas. The peak winds at Gold Beach and Cape Blanco are given above, along with a spotter report from Bandon.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 winter storm moved in from the Pacific, bringing another round of high winds to the coastal areas. The peak winds at Gold Beach and Cape Blanco are given above, along with a spotter report from Bandon. All three of these locations are on the immediate coast.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 17, 10:58 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Gold Beach winds 17045G60 KT
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 17, 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Bandon spotter reported south winds 40 mph gusting to 53 mph.
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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- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 1999
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: 5679352, 5679353, 5679354.