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High Wind in Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

High Wind January 12, 2021 – January 13, 2021 · Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

62 mph
Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A non-tstm wind gust of 62mph was measured 8 miles WSW of Echo, OR at 2:30AM PST on Jan. 13th. A non-tstm wind gust of 60mph was measured at the ASOS at the Hermiston Municipal Airport at 3:53AM PST Jan. 13th.

The wider storm

A potent cold front moving under a low level jet early Wednesday morning produced strong southwest wind gusts of 55 to 65 mph across Oregon and Washington during the early morning hours of January 13th, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 934996. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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