High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 20, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago winds 45g50 KT.
High Wind in Oregon, January 20, 1999
bringing the strongest winds to Cape Arago this time around.
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 string of windy winter storms continued as another storm approached the coast...bringing the strongest winds to Cape Arago this time around.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago peak gust 60 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
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 20 to 22, 1999
- Dense Fog in Michigan, January 20, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 20 to 22, 1999
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 20 to 24, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 20, 1999
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 20, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 20 to 22, 1999
- Cold in Alaska, January 20 to 21, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 20 to 21, 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: 5679358, 5679359.