High Wind, Central Willamette Valley
- When
- May 9, 1:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Willamette Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind in Oregon, May 9, 2000
Strong gusty winds in the Central Willamette Valley downed several trees and power lines, resulting in widespread power outages. PGE reported 4000 - 5000 customer power outages.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
Strong gusty winds in the Central Willamette Valley downed several trees and power lines, resulting in widespread power outages. PGE reported 4000 - 5000 customer power outages. Two cars in a hospital parking lot were crushed by falling trees.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 9, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 9, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, May 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: 5145159.