High Wind, W Pacific
- When
- February 1, 3:00 AM PST to February 3, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Pacific forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
High Wind in Washington, February 1 to 3, 2001
A Pacific storm brought high winds to the Southwest Washington Coast. The Coast Guard Station at Cape Disappointment reported sustained winds of 40 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 Southwest Washington Coast. The Coast Guard Station at Cape Disappointment reported sustained winds of 40 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 Feb 1, 2:30 AM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 2:30 AM PST, 30 minutes before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 230 AM PST THU FEB 1 2001 UPPER RIDGE HAS SHIFTED TO E OF CASCADES. SATELLITE SHOWING CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH WARM FRONT/WEAKENING PAIR OF VORT MAXES MOVING UP TO COAST. MODELS INDICATE MAIN LIFT AND DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT NOT MOVING UP TO COAST UNTIL LATE TODAY AND MOVING ACROSS FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SURFACE GRADIENTS WITH THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT TONIGHT DO NOT APPEAR TIGHT ENOUGH OR ORIENTED IN A FAVORABLE DIRECTION TO INFER MUCH OF A HIGH WIND THREAT FOR THE COAST. AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH INTO NORTHERN BC FRI...THE SECONDARY TROUGH ROTATING THROUGH APPEARS TO PACK MOST OF ITS PUNCH IN WA AND POINTS NORTH. A FAIRLY STRONG 850 MB WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS BEHIND THE FRONT FRI...ESP UP TOWARDS WA. SNOWFALL POTENTIAL FOR CASCADES...ESP WA...WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED...BUT FEELING AT THIS POINT IS THAT SNOW ADVISORY WILL ULTIMATELY BE NEEDED. AS SNOW LEVELS DO NOT COME DOWN TO NEAR PASSES UNTIL AFTER THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT...WILL HOLD OFF ON SNOW HEADLINES FOR NOW. AST 6+9 PDX 398 SLE 398 EUG 388 .KPDX...G ALE WARNING CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE.
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
- Dense Fog in California, February 1 to 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 1, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, February 1 to 28, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, February 1 to 28, 2001
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 1 to 2, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, February 1 to 28, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 1 to 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 1 to 2, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 1, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 1, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, February 1 to 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Washington in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 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: 5233162.