High Wind in Oregon, January 11 to 12, 2002

Name: High Wind in Oregon, January 11 to 12, 2002
Start: 2002-01-11T08:00
End: 2002-01-12T21:00
Location: Oregon

January 11 to 12, 2002 · NWS PQR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A PAcific storm caused winds at Garibaldi of 46 mph, the Newport Jetty 31mph with gusts to 43 mph, and winds at Florence of 45 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 PAcific storm caused winds at Garibaldi of 46 mph, the Newport Jetty 31mph with gusts to 43 mph, and winds at Florence of 45 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 Jan 11, 2:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 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 JAN 11 2002

.SYNOPSIS...WARM FRONT FAR N PART OF AREA EARLY THIS MORNING PUSHES
FURTHER N.  COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS AREA LATER TONIGHT.  UPPER TROUGH
MOVES OVER AREA SATURDAY MORNING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM
W IN THE AFTERNOON.  NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING COAST LATE SUNDAY MOVES
INTO S OREGON SUN NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDING OVER AREA ON
MON.

.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...SHORT TERM MODELS ALL CLOSE.  WARM FRONT NEAR KAST
EARLY TODAY LIFTS N.  ANY PRECIPITATION SPOTTY MAINLY NRN COAST THIS
MORNING.  WARM AIR AHEAD OF COLD FRONT GIVES AREA MILD DAY THOUGH
FOGGY AREAS INLAND VALLEYS COOLER.  FILTERED SUN MOST OF DAY THROUGH
HIGH CLOUDS.  FRONT PUSHES ACROSS AREA TONIGHT AND INTO E ORE BY 12Z.
UPPER TROUGH SWINGS BY OVER N PART SAT MORNING GIVING SHOWERS MOST
AREAS.  HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM W DURING AFTERNOON DECREASING
SHOWERS WITH MODERATE W ONSHORE FLOW.  HIGH SHIFTS INTO E ORE SAT
NIGHT.  MODELS START TO DIVERGE WITH SUN SYSTEM.  CANADIAN SLOWER AND
FURTHER N TODAY WHILE AVN FURTHER S LIKE CANADIAN YESTERDAY.  WILL GO
WITH CHANCE POPS SUN AFTERNOON OVER AREA.  WITH OFFSHORE FLOW AND
COLD TRACK SYSTEM IF TRACK IS RIGHT COULD GET INTERESTING FOR LOW
LEVELS SUN NIGHT INTO EARLY MON.  FOR NOW WILL KEEP ANY SNOW IN
GORGE.

.LONG TERM...CANADIAN/MRF GOING WITH NW FLOW OVER AREA DURING THE
WEEK.  MRF MORE OVER WATER/MORE MOIST AND WARMER WHILE CANADIAN MORE
OVER LAND.  TUE MOSTLY DRY THOUGH MRF BRINGS OVERRUNNING TO N PART OF
AREA LATE AND WILL CONTINUE CURRENT FORECAST WITH CHANCE OR RAIN.
KOSOVITZ

AST 39715 PDX 18713 SLE 08713 EUG 08513

.PQR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Central Oregon Coast

When: January 11, 8:00 AM PST to January 12, 9:00 PM PST
Where: Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast

When: January 11, 8:00 AM PST to January 12, 9:00 PM PST
Where: Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, January 2002

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: 5278061, 5278062.