High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 18, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago peak gust 54 KT.
High Wind in Oregon, January 18, 1999
resulting in more high winds over coastal Oregon.
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.
The next storm followed hot on the heels of the preceding storm...resulting in more high winds over coastal Oregon.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 18, 2:58 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds south 35 KT gusting to 49 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
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Waterspout in Maryland, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Hail in Alabama, January 18, 1999
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: 5679356, 5679355.