LINCOLN CITY -- A Pacific storm packing hurricane-force winds battered the central Oregon Coast on Wednesday, arriving with a howl of wind and lashing rains around 4 a.m. m_gallery_permalink = "http://photos.oregonlive.com/4450/gallery/oregon_coast_hurricane_winds/index.html"; Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. m_gallery_id = "10459010"; Baker said the house lost electricity at least twice overnight, this after it was shut off for three hours before the worst of the storm arrived. Normally bustling U.S. 101 was mostly empty as the storm intensified through the morning. They had had put their chain saw to work on this spruce tree and had it mostly dismantled before the ODOT worker showed up to finish the job on Wednesday. Storms on the coast usually build as they stretch out over time, she said. All rights reserved (About Us). Stuart Tomlinson | The Oregonian/OregonLive, School, event, business closures and delays. © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC. Detailed wind speed and wind direction information as well as interactive graphs for winds Data Rights Take control of your data. Homeowners along this stretch of highway spent a mostly sleepless night listening as trees crashed onto ground sodden with drenching rains, or tilted and creaked under the onslaught of wind. Rob Ward and Jason Collver are land surveyors for Ward Northwest, Inc., but a downed tree on U.S. 101 south of Yachats didn't stop them from getting home to Florence, further south along the coast. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (each updated 1/1/20). BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- As predicted, much of Central Oregon was rocked by several severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon that dropped large hail, brought winds gusting up to … Subscribe to OregonLive. m_gallery_json = "https://blog.oregonlive.com/photogallery/4450/10459010.json"; The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Our interactive map allows you to see the local & national weather The National Weather Service is your best source for complete weather forecast and weather related information on the web! The storm began weakening at about 8:30 a.m., Demaris said. Wind gusts as high as 110 mph in some areas uprooted trees, brought down power lines and forced the closure of several main highways connecting the coast and the Willamette Valley. m_gallery_pagetype = "embed"; "It's a mess," said Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin, who noted he was supposed to be in Salem to testify on a bill to make it easier to remove dangerous trees, but was unable to get there. m_gallery_type = "photo"; Gallery: Oregon winter weather of January 2012.