In anticipation of a winter storm, a High Wind Warning was issued for the above zones and times. While strong south winds did develop along the coast, none of the reported winds met warning criteria.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
In anticipation of a winter storm, a High Wind Warning was issued for the above zones and times. While strong south winds did develop along the coast, none of the reported winds met warning criteria.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
See below.
See below.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2000
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: 5166323, 5166324.