High Wind in Curry County Coast, Oregon

High Wind February 11, 2010 · Curry County Coast, Oregon

81 mph

Measured gust (70 kt)

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Humbug Mountain ODOT weather station measured sustained southwesterly winds of 29-52 mph with gusts of 58-80 mph between 11/1506 PST and 11/1850 PST. The peak gust of 80 mph occurred at 11/1620 PST. Another verification site, the Flynn Prairie RAWS, measured a peak gust of 62 mph at 11/1613 PST. A fatality did occur as a result of the 30 foot waves offshore caused by the winds. A 45 year old male captain suffered a heart attack after abandoning a ship that was swamped by 30 foot waves

22 miles offshore from Crescent City, California on the 11th.

The wider storm

Strong winds occurred along the southern Oregon coast ahead of strong cold front.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 205975. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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