High Wind, Lower Columbia Basin
- When
- March 2, 7:40 PM PST to March 3, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, March 2 to 3, 1999
A fast moving cold front produced damaging wind as it moved through eastern Oregon. Wind gusts of 50 mph were reported at the McNary Dam on the Columbia River.
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 PDT wrote it up.
A fast moving cold front produced damaging wind as it moved through eastern Oregon. Wind gusts of 50 mph were reported at the McNary Dam on the Columbia River. Sustained wind of 38 mph with gusts to 45 mph were reported at the Hermiston Airport and a nearby weather spotter reported a gust to 50 mph. The Pendleton Airport had sustained wind of 54 mph with gusts to 61 mph. Metal siding was blown off an apartment building in Pendleton. The high wind toppled an old barn, an outhouse, and an old cookhouse about 10 miles northeast of Pendleton. A nearby residence was without power for an hour. Wind gusts to 70 mph were reported in Joseph at an elevation of 4100 feet.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northeast Oregon
- When
- March 2, 7:40 PM PST to March 3, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northeast Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Foothills of the Blue Mountains
- When
- March 2, 8:00 PM PST to March 3, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Foothills of the Blue Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
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- 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: 5691397, 5691399, 5691398.