Washington, 1999

High Wind in Washington, January 17 to 18, 1999

January 17 to 18, 1999 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Another Pacific storm caused winds of 40 mph at Cape Disappointment lighthouse.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Another Pacific storm caused winds of 40 mph at Cape Disappointment lighthouse.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, W Pacific

When
January 17, 10:00 PM PST to January 18, 10:00 AM PST
Where
W Pacific forecast zone
Measured
35 kt (40 mph)
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

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

More

Every storm in Washington in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, 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: 5689612.