High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- March 2, 2:58 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco reported south winds 56 gusting to 69 KT.
High Wind in Oregon, March 2 to 3, 1999
Yet another strong Pacific storm slammed into the Pacific Northwest this day, bringing high winds to the coast. A High Wind Warning was issued at 0515 PST on 03/02/99 and cancelled at 0345 PST on 03/03/99.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 strong Pacific storm slammed into the Pacific Northwest this day, bringing high winds to the coast. A High Wind Warning was issued at 0515 PST on 03/02/99 and cancelled at 0345 PST on 03/03/99. The highest sustained and peak winds recorded at coastal stations are listed above.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- March 2, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 76 kt (87 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Blanco reported south winds 40 gusting to 76 KT.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- March 2, 3:58 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Gold Beach reported south winds 51 gusting to 62 KT.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- March 2, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago reported south winds 44 gusting to 68 KT.
High Wind, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- March 3, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Cape Arago reported southwest winds 49 gusting to 57 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
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, March 2 to 3, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, March 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: 5687821, 5687824, 5687179, 5687822, 5687823.