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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR

February 19, 2026Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this freeze warning at Feb 19, 2026, 8:34 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 20, 2026, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2026, 8:34 AM PST (16:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2026, 1:00 AM PST
Expired: Feb 20, 2026, 9:00 AM PST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Feb 19, 4:25 AM PST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 4:25 AM PST, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 19, 6:43 AM PST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 19, 8:03 AM PST, 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 10:14 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		30 hr
Feb 18, 10:14 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		21 hr
Feb 19, 9:48 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Klamath, Lake	3 hr
Feb 19, 2:19 PM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		13 hr
Feb 19, 2:19 PM PST	Storm Watch	MFR		13 hr
Feb 19, 1:13 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	MFR	Siskiyou	23 hr
Feb 19, 1:28 PM PST	Cold Weather Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	20 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oregon, 2026 Every freeze warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.