High Wind, Northern Coast
- When
- January 28, 2:00 PM PST to January 29, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, January 28 to 29, 1999
The strongest Pacific windstorm of the month blew down trees and caused damages. Maximum reported winds included 55 mph gusting to 80 mph at Canon Beach, gusts to 70 mph at Arch Cape, 50 mph gusting to 68 mph at Netarts, gusts to 63 mph at Clatsop Spit at the mouth of the Columbia River, 47 mph gusting to 61 mph at Newport, a gust to 61 mph at Astoria, and 46 mph gusting to 58 mph at Sea lion…
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
The strongest Pacific windstorm of the month blew down trees and caused damages. Maximum reported winds included 55 mph gusting to 80 mph at Canon Beach, gusts to 70 mph at Arch Cape, 50 mph gusting to 68 mph at Netarts, gusts to 63 mph at Clatsop Spit at the mouth of the Columbia River, 47 mph gusting to 61 mph at Newport, a gust to 61 mph at Astoria, and 46 mph gusting to 58 mph at Sea lion Caves.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Coast
- When
- January 28, 2:00 PM PST to January 29, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Flash Flood in Texas, January 28, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 28, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Louisiana, January 28 to 30, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, January 28 to 29, 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: 5689617, 5689618.