Coastal Flood in Oregon, October 25, 2021

Name: Coastal Flood in Oregon, October 25, 2021
Start: 2021-10-25T14:00
End: 2021-10-25T18:00
Location: Oregon

October 25, 2021 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A deep low pressure system offshore brought high southerly winds and generated large seas resulting in high surf and tidal overflow.

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.

A deep low pressure system offshore brought high southerly winds and generated large seas resulting in high surf and tidal overflow.

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 Oct 25, 1:31 PM PST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 1:31 PM PST, 29 minutes before

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Event by event

1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Northern Oregon Coast

When: October 25, 2:00 PM PST to 6:00 PM PST
Where: Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Minor Tidal Overflow along Fraser Road just outside of Tillamook.

What these are

Coastal Flood: Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oregon in 2021 Every state in 2021 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, October 2021

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 985602.