High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM PST to March 9, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Oregon, March 8 to 9, 2003
Winds at Garibaldi reached 53 mph, Florence 42 mph, Newport Jetty gusts to 55 mph and Sea Lion Caves gusts to 64 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.
Winds at Garibaldi reached 53 mph, Florence 42 mph, Newport Jetty gusts to 55 mph and Sea Lion Caves gusts to 64 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 8, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
830 AM PST SAT MAR 8 2003
.SYNOPSIS...A FRONT LYING ACROSS NORTHERN OREGON WILL MOVE NORTH
TODAY AS A WARM FRONT WITH RISING SNOW LEVELS AND DECREASING
PRECIPITATION ONCE IT MOVES THROUGH. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN MORNING BRINGING MORE
PRECIPITATION AND STRONG COASTAL WINDS. THERE WILL BE SOME BREAKS IN
THE PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK...BUT ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN
AFFECTING THE AREA BY WED AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRI.
.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...SATELLITE AND RADAR STILL SHOWING A GOOD FEED OF
MOISTURE INTO BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER NORTHERN OREGON...BUT ONSHORE FLOW
WEAKENING AS INDICATED BY DECREASING GRADIENTS AND MODEL 850 MB
FORECASTS. LOW PRES NEAR 43N LAT 140W IS FORECAST BY MESO ETA/AVN TO
LIFT NE TOWARD VANCOUVER ISLAND SUN MORNING...WHICH CONTINUES TO LIFT
THE FRONTAL ZONE N TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE THE PAC COLD FRONT
MOVES INLAND LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUN MORNING. THIS GIVES A DECREASE
IN PRECIPITATION FROM S TO N TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WITH RISING SNOW
LEVELS...THEN MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM W LATER
TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WSW FOR S WA CASCADES TODAY BUT END OREGON
PORTION. AVN STILL A LITTLE STRONGER WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH FLOW IS TOO SOUTHERLY FOR HIGH
WINDS TO THREATEN MUCH BUT HEADLANDS...FOR MORNING UPDATE WILL
CONTINUE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR COAST. ALTHOUGH OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL
STRENGTHEN WITH THE FRONT SAT NIGHT AND SUN...HIGHER SNOW LEVELS AND
SPLITTING TENDENCY IN MODELS WILL BE LIMITING FACTORS FOR SNOWFALL IN
THE CASCADES. SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND ONSHORE FLOW TO KEEP A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS GOING THROUGH MON.
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. WILLIS
AST ++974 PDX +8964 SLE 88964 EUG 68964
.PQR...WINTER STORM WARNING SOUTH WA CASCADES TODAY.
GALE WARNING CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE.
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR SOUTH WA AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON
COASTAL HEADLANDS TONIGHT.Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 6:10 AM PST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-091430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 610 AM PST SAT MAR 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... TODAY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY TODAY IN THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES... BUT DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ON THE COASTAL HEADLANDS. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ON THE COASTAL WATERS. SLOWER REACTING RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...WITH SMALLER ONES APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WATCHES WARNINGS STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS (WSWPQR...NPWPQR... FLSPQR...CWFPQR) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HIGH WINDS MAY LINGER INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT THE COASTAL HEADLANDS. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO SKYWARN PROCEDURES.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM PST to March 9, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- 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
- Cold in Minnesota, March 8 to 9, 2003
- Cold in North Dakota, March 8 to 9, 2003
- Strong Wind in Ohio, March 8, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 8, 2003
- Strong Wind in Ohio, March 8, 2003
- Cold in North Dakota, March 8, 2003
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 8, 2003
- High Wind in West Virginia, March 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 8 to 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 8 to 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 8 to 9, 2003
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: 5344754, 5344755.