High Wind in Oregon, December 14, 2000

Name: High Wind in Oregon, December 14, 2000
Start: 2000-12-14T17:30
End: 2000-12-14T19:30
Location: Oregon

December 14, 2000 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $120,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, North Central Oregon

When: December 14, 5:30 PM PST to 7:30 PM PST
Where: North Central Oregon forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $120,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High winds, with gusts up to 60 mph, created widespread damage and caused a power outage that affected the Madras Industrial Park. At the Bright Wood Corp, a metal roof blew onto another building and caused 50,000 dollars of damage. At the Madras Airport, winds damaged the doors and windows of a hanger as well as three planes parked inside. Several homes in Madras lost shingles and fence boards

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

Every storm in Oregon in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, December 2000

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: 5165955.