High Wind, Blue Mountain Foothills
- When
- February 18, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Blue Mountain Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.264, -118.193 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Washington, February 18, 1999
A low pressure produced damaging wind to the Dayton, Touchet, and Walla Walla areas. Wind gusts to 51 mph were reported at the Walla Walla airport.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 PDT wrote it up.
A low pressure produced damaging wind to the Dayton, Touchet, and Walla Walla areas. Wind gusts to 51 mph were reported at the Walla Walla airport. About 500 people were without power as a result of tree limbs blowing across power lines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lower Columbia Basin
- When
- February 18, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -119.419 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 18 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 18, 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: 5689598, 5689599.