High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- October 17, 4:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, October 17, 2000
A Pacific storm brought high winds to the North Oregon Coast. Clatsop Spit reported sustained winds in the low 50s and a peak gust of 59 mph.
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.
A Pacific storm brought high winds to the North Oregon Coast. Clatsop Spit reported sustained winds in the low 50s and a peak gust of 59 mph.
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
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: 5161174.