High Wind, Clatsop/Tillamook
- When
- January 3, 9:00 PM PST to January 4, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 2000
Strong winds associated with a strong offshore storm buffeted the North and Central Oregon Coast. Cannon Beach reported gusts to 70 mph, Sea Lion Caves and Newport both reported gusts to 45 mph and Astoria reported gusts to 59 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.
Strong winds associated with a strong offshore storm buffeted the North and Central Oregon Coast. Cannon Beach reported gusts to 70 mph, Sea Lion Caves and Newport both reported gusts to 45 mph and Astoria reported gusts to 59 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln/W X Lane
- When
- January 3, 9:00 PM PST to January 4, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln/W X Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
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
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000
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- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000
More
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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: 5131079, 5131080.