High Wind, Vancouver Area
- When
- December 13, 2:00 AM PST to December 15, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Vancouver Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind in Washington, December 13 to 15, 2000
A winter storm brought strong winds to Clark County and the Southwest Washington coast. Vancouver reported gusts to 63 mph and La Center gusts to 52 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 winter storm brought strong winds to Clark County and the Southwest Washington coast. Vancouver reported gusts to 63 mph and La Center gusts to 52 mph. Ocean Park reported gusts to 60 mph. Damage from this storm included toppled trees, and widespread power lines down and associated power outages.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, South Coast
- When
- December 13, 2:00 AM PST to December 15, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- South Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 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
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 13, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, December 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Ohio, December 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, December 13, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, December 13, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Oklahoma, December 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 13 to 14, 2000
- Ice Storm in Kentucky, December 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Washington in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 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: 5168987, 5168988.