High Wind in Oregon, December 3 to 4, 2001

Name: High Wind in Oregon, December 3 to 4, 2001
Start: 2001-12-03T12:00
End: 2001-12-04T15:00
Location: Oregon

December 3 to 4, 2001 · NWS PQR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Winds were measured in Garibaldi at 40 mph, and at Newport 40 mph with gusts to 53 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.

Winds were measured in Garibaldi at 40 mph, and at Newport 40 mph with gusts to 53 mph.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 3, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
830 AM PST MON DEC 3 2001

.SYNOPSIS...THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS TODAY
WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS DUE TO MOIST WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. A
PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE
COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL BE COOL WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS. A
SERIES OF SYSTEMS OR IMPULSES OFF THE PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...THOUGH HIGHER PRESSURE WILL PUSH THEM A LITTLE NORTH
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BY TUESDAY MORNING TO AS
LOW AS 1000 FEET AND THEN SLOWLY RISE.

.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...STILL SOME SHOWERS AROUND BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS
DECREASING OPEN CELL CUMULUS UPSTREAM. SHOWERS ENDING OR DECREASING
BY OR IN THE AFTERNOON LOOK GOOD. CLOUD SHIELD FROM NEXT SYSTEM
NEARING 130 WEST. CURRENT FORECASTS LOOK GOOD. WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER
A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE CASCADES AND HIGHER COAST RANGE FOR TUESDAY.

.LONG TERM...THE MRF AND ECMWF ARE SIMILAR AND SUPPORT CURRENT
EXTENDED FORECASTS. NO CHANGE. STARMER

AST 3+999 PDX 3+999 SLE 39999 EUG 39999

.PQR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Central Oregon Coast

When: December 3, 12:00 PM PST to December 4, 3:00 PM PST
Where: Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
Measured: 46 kt (53 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast

When: December 3, 12:00 PM PST to December 4, 3:00 PM PST
Where: Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
Measured: 46 kt (53 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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

Every storm in Oregon in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, December 2001

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: 5275447, 5275448.