High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- March 11, 5:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- COASTAL OBSERVING STATION
High Wind in Oregon, March 11, 2002
A strong pacific storm produced high winds along the North and Central Oregon coast. Netarts reported sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph, Newport Jetty reported 45 mph with gusts 52 mph, Florence 43 mph, and Garibaldi 44 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 strong pacific storm produced high winds along the North and Central Oregon coast. Netarts reported sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph, Newport Jetty reported 45 mph with gusts 52 mph, Florence 43 mph, and Garibaldi 44 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 Mar 11, 2:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 2:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR...CORRECTED
230 AM PST MON MAR 11 2002
.SYNOPSIS...A RATHER STRONG...WET AND MILD SYSTEM WILL PUSH A WARM
FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST EARLY THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA LATE TODAY AND EARLY
TONIGHT. SHOWERS IN A COOLER AIR MASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...WARM OVERRUNNING MOISTURE HAS MOVED INTO OUR FORECAST
AREA OVERNIGHT. MODELS SAY WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST EARLY
TODAY...AND RADAR ECHOES ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR HAVE DECREASED ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AREAS. COLD
FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND SHOULD
CLEAR OUR SOUTHERN AREA BY 12Z TUESDAY. STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WITH
THIS SYSTEM...AND HAVE A GALE WARNING UP. MESO ETA SHOWING A LOW
LEVEL JET NOW EXCEEDING 60 KT. GRADIENTS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE
BEGINNING TO SUGGEST A LOW END COASTAL HEADLAND HIGH WIND EVENT. SNOW
LEVELS ARE ABOVE THE PASSES AND WILL RISE TO NEAR 6000 FEET THIS
MORNING. 850 MB FLOW AROUND 50 KT OR SO WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES APPROACHING AN INCH SUGGEST HEAVY RAIN AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...BUT DURATION IS LOOKING INSUFFICIENT FOR FLOODING.
ONCE THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH...COLDER AIR WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS TO NEAR
2000 FEET TUESDAY AND 1500 FEET WEDNESDAY. PARENT LOW WILL BE OFF
NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND...WITH LOTS OF FLOW AROUND THE LOW
SPREADING OROGRAPHIC SHOWERS INTO OUR AREA. WILL LIKELY NEED A SNOW
ADVISORY AND WILL ISSUE A SPECIAL STATEMENT FOR IT. IN ADDITION...THE
WAVE WATCH III MODEL IS SHOWING SEAS RISING TO AT LEAST 25 FEET
TUESDAY...AND HAVE ISSUED A HEADS UP MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT IN
ANTICIPATION OF NEEDING A HIGH SURF ADVISORY.
.LONG TERM...WILL BE MAKING LITTLE CHANGE. ALL THE MODELS REMAIN IF
PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING UPPER RIDGE SETTING UP OVER THE EASTERN
PACIFIC DURING EXTENDED PERIOD...ALLOWING AN UNSEASONABLY COOL UPPER
TROUGH TO REMAIN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH SHOWERS AND LOW
MOUNTAIN SNOW LEVELS. THE LOWEST SNOW LEVELS MAY WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY.
TOLLESON
AST ++998 PDX ++898 SLE ++898 EUG ++898
.PQR...GALE WARNING CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE.
HIGH WIND WARNING NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COASTS TODAY.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 3:20 AM PST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
ORZ011-013-WAZ019-121500- WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 320 AM PST MON MAR 11 2002 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND IN THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... COLD AIR BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP SNOW LEVELS IN THE CASCADES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY TO NEAR 2000 FEET...AND TO 1500 FEET WEDNESDAY. COOL UNSETTLED AIR WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE SHOWER ACTIVITY BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND 4 TO 8 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE HIGHER COAST RANGE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND OVER NEXT WEEKEND...AS SNOW LEVELS FALL TO AROUND 1000 FEET. SNOW WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE IN THE COAST RANGE...POSSIBLY IN THE COASTAL PASSES BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS BEFORE DRIVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS THIS WEEK. TOLLESON
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 3:25 AM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
ORZ003-004-011-013-WAZ019-020-112300- WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 325 AM PST MON MAR 11 2002 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND IN THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... COLD AIR BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP SNOW LEVELS IN THE CASCADES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY TO NEAR 2000 FEET...AND TO 1500 FEET WEDNESDAY. COOL UNSETTLED AIR WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE SHOWER ACTIVITY BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND 4 TO 8 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE HIGHER COAST RANGE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND OVER NEXT WEEKEND...AS SNOW LEVELS FALL TO AROUND 1000 FEET. SNOW WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE IN THE COAST RANGE...POSSIBLY IN THE COASTAL PASSES BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS BEFORE DRIVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS THIS WEEK. TOLLESON
Local storm report, Mar 11, 4:48 AM PST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
448 AM PST MON MAR 11 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 AM NETARTS OR OTHER
03/11/02 TILLAMOOK WEATHER SPOTTER TILLAMOOK
1 REPORTED SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- March 11, 5:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 11, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 11 to 12, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 11 to 12, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 11 to 12, 2002
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 11 to 12, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 11 to 13, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, March 11, 2002
- High Wind in Washington, March 11, 2002
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 11, 2002
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 11, 2002
- Flood in Washington, March 11 to 12, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 11 to 12, 2002
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: 5286196, 5286197.