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Gale Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

December 31, 2025

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Dec 31, 2025, 10:49 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 2, 2026, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 45 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
Dec 31, 2025, 10:49 PM PST (06:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2026, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 4, 2026, 7:00 AM PST
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 31, 4:05 PM PST, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 4:05 PM PST, 6 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 11:16 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRJackson59 hr
Jan 1, 1:53 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas47 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Oregon, 2026Every gale 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.