High Wind, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- January 29, 1:00 AM PST to January 31, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Oregon, January 29 to 31, 2000
Strong easterly winds through the Columbia River Gorge produced gusts to 61 mph at Corbett and 59 mph at Rooster Rock.
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.
Strong easterly winds through the Columbia River Gorge produced gusts to 61 mph at Corbett and 59 mph at Rooster Rock.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 29, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, January 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 29 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 29, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5131093.