High Wind in Washington, November 30, 2001

Name: High Wind in Washington, November 30, 2001
Start: 2001-11-30T08:00
End: 2001-11-30T23:59
Location: Washington

November 30, 2001 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Ilwaco reported gusts to 74 mph and Long Beach winds of 55 to 60 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.

Ilwaco reported gusts to 74 mph and Long Beach winds of 55 to 60 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 Nov 30, 2:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 2:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
230 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2001

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF PAC FRONTS WILL SPREAD PERIODS OF RAIN INTO
THE AREA THROUGH SAT...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COAST AND
CONTINUED SNOW IN THE CASCADES. THE STORM TRACK WILL SHIFT MAINLY
SOUTH OF THE AREA SUN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT STILL CLOSE ENOUGH
FOR SOME PRECIPITATION AT TIMES.

.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...NARROW BUT ACTIVE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WA AND NORTH
OREGON COAST EARLY TODAY WITH LIGHTNING CURRENTLY JUST OFFSHORE...
WHILE SOUTHERN PORTION OF FRONT CURVES BACK INTO WARM FRONT AHEAD OF
NEXT LOW APPROACHING TONIGHT. EXPECT FRONTAL BAND TO HANG UP OVER
MUCH OF DISTRICT TODAY INTO TONIGHT...THEN COLD FRONT ON SAT MOVES
THROUGH AREA DURING MORNING. WILL MAINTAIN HIGH WIND WATCH FOR NORTH
AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST TONIGHT FOR HEADLAND WINDS AHEAD OF COLD
FRONT...AND ALSO SAT FOR STRONG GRADIENT BEHIND DEEP LOW MOVING
ACROSS NORTHWEST WA. WILL ADD SNOW ADVISORY CASCADES TODAY THROUGH
SAT...FOR FRONTAL PRECIPITATION TODAY AND POST FRONTAL OROGRAPHIC
FLOW SAT...ALTHOUGH SNOW MAY LIFT ABOVE MOST PASSES LATER TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SAT IN WARM SECTOR.

NEXT SYSTEM ON SUN SHOULD MAINLY GO INTO SOUTHERN OREGON AND CA...BUT
CIRCULATION LIKELY TO BRING SOME RAIN UP INTO DISTRICT.

.LONG TERM...MODELS SHOW SYSTEMS TAKING A SOUTHEASTERLY TRACK MAINLY
TOWARD SOUTHERN OREGON AND CA MON AND TUE WITH COLD UPPER TROUGH OVER
WEST COAST...BUT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR SOME PRECIPITATION AT TIMES OVER
DISTRICT. SURFACE LOW AXIS APPEARS TO REMAIN VICINITY WA/OREGON
BORDER TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAW OF COLDER AIR MASS BUT SHOULD BE
LOW MOUNTAIN SNOW LEVELS. MOST MODELS HINT AT BRIEF BREAK WED AS
PATTERN TRANSITIONS AGAIN TO WARMER WESTERLY PAC FLOW...BUT FOR NOW
WILL FOLLOW OVERRUNNING OF MORE PROGRESSIVE CANADIAN GLOBAL MODEL.
WILLIS

AST ++977  PDX 99977  SLE 99977  EUG 99977

.PQR...GALE WARNING CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE.
       HIGH WIND WATCH NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
       SNOW ADVISORY CASCADES.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, W Pacific

When: November 30, 8:00 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where: W Pacific forecast zone
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph)
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

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 Washington in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, November 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: 5272743.