High Wind, W Cowlitz/Wiakiakum/E Pacific
- When
- March 13, 1:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Cowlitz/Wiakiakum/E Pacific forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
The Longview Daily News reported that "high winds blew tree branches into power lines causing power outages from Castle Rock to Kalama". The newspaper stated that more than 1000 were without power at one time or another between 1 PM and 3 PM.
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.
The Longview Daily News reported that "high winds blew tree branches into power lines causing power outages from Castle Rock to Kalama". The newspaper stated that more than 1000 were without power at one time or another between 1 PM and 3 PM. No injuries or deaths were reported.
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 Mar 13, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 830 AM PST TUE MAR 13 2001 LOWER PORTION OF FRONT ALONG THE COAST IS BROAD AND WEAK. EXPECT THE FRONT TO FOLLOW VORTICITY PACKING LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON MAINLY AFFECTING NORTHERN TIER OF ZONES. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS FOR TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH THOUGH AMOUNTS TO BE LIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS FOLLOWING THE FRONT TILL JET PASSES EASTWARD. MODELS ADVERTIZING THE FRONT ON THURSDAY HAVING MORE PUNCH OVER FORECAST AREA. STARMER. AST 842 PDX 641 SLE 431 EUG 321 .KPDX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, March 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, March 13, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, March 13, 2001
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: 5236341.