Flood, W Pacific
- When
- February 16, 10:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Pacific forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood in Washington, February 16, 1999
Extremely heavy swells that were built by storms moving over the Eastern Pacific hit the NW Oregon and SW Washington Coasts. The worst of the damage occurred within 2 hours either side of the high tide times which were around noon.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Extremely heavy swells that were built by storms moving over the Eastern Pacific hit the NW Oregon and SW Washington Coasts. The worst of the damage occurred within 2 hours either side of the high tide times which were around noon. River traffic on the entire Columbia River system was stalled when ships could not navigate the Mouth of the Columbia River due to extremely dangerous waves breaking at the Columbia River Bar. The Bar was closed between 10:00 AM PST and 8:30 PM PST.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Flooding in Oregon, February 16, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 18, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 16, 1999
- High Wind in American Samoa, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, February 16, 1999
- Flooding in California, February 16 to 17, 1999
More
Every storm in Washington in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 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: 5687430.