High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM PST to February 2, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, February 1 to 2, 2000
A strong cold front brought strong winds to the North and Central Oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves reported winds to 54 mph with gusts to 59 mph and Newport reported 45 with gusts to 58 mph.
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 PQR wrote it up.
A strong cold front brought strong winds to the North and Central Oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves reported winds to 54 mph with gusts to 59 mph and Newport reported 45 with gusts to 58 mph. This same system produced 23 foot surf at Buoy 050 (located at Stonewall Bank, near Newport).
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM PST to February 2, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, February 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in South Dakota, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 1, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Minnesota, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 1, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 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: 5133615, 5133616.