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Gale Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR

February 22, 2026

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 22, 2026, 8:51 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 23, 2026, 7:00 PM 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 22, 2026, 8:51 PM PST (04:51 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2026, 7:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 24, 2026, 2:32 AM PST
In force: 8 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 Feb 22, 2:20 PM PST, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:20 PM PST, 6 hours 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 22, 8:51 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		30 hr
Feb 23, 9:33 AM PST	Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine	36 hr
Feb 23, 9:35 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	23 hr
Feb 23, 10:01 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	36 hr
Feb 23, 1:05 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Klamath, Lake	20 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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