Thunderstorm Wind, Siskiyou
- When
- July 9, 6:23 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou County, Yreka
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.593, -122.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Damaging Wind in California, July 9, 2001
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for North Central Siskiyou County for the period listed above based on radar data. Verification of the warning was attempted but was unsuccessful.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for North Central Siskiyou County for the period listed above based on radar data. Verification of the warning was attempted but was unsuccessful.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 9, 1:30 PM PST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:30 PM PST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT MON JUL 09 2001 12Z ETA/MESOETA/NGM/AVN IN. THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN THIS MORNING IS THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. A STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER OKLAHOMA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR A FEW MORE DAYS...AND A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OFF THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL MAKE FOR GENERALLY SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHERN OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THAT MEANS AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH AND JUST TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. PLENTY OF CUMULUS HAVE FORMED OVER ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE CASCADES EAST AND OVER SISKIYOU COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER ALL OF THIS AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL ADD A CHANCE OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THOSE AREAS. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT FORM OVER THE SISKIYOUS MAY MOVE OUT OVER JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES...SO WILL ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE THIS EVENING THERE. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LOOK GOOD FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE HEATING WONT HAVE TO DO IT ALONE THEN...THERE ARE SOME SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE OTHER FORECAST PROBLEM IS THE MARINE LAYER. AS EXPECTED...THE STRATUS HAS FILLED IN ALONG THE COAST. EXPECT THE COAST TO SEE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG EACH NIGHT WITH AFTERNOON CLEARING. INLAND PENETRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE COQUILLE AND WESTERN UMPQUA VALLEYS TONIGHT...BUT THE SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL ALLOW THE LAYER TO THICKEN A BIT...SO EXPECT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN OVERNIGHT COVERAGE IN THE UMPQUA VALLEY. EXTENDED...THE STRONG HIGH OVER OKLAHOMA WILL RETROGRADE TO THE NEW MEXICO AREA BY THURSDAY AND THE TROUGH OFFSHORE WILL WEAKEN A BIT IN RESPONSE TO THE RIDGING. THIS WILL SHIFT THE FLOW ALOFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND SHUNT THE THUNDERSTORMS OFF TO THE EAST. SO...THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY) WILL BE DRY. EXPECT THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH TO INCREASE A BIT WITH STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW...SO OVERNIGHT LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN THE UMPQUA AND POSSIBLY THE ROGUE VALLEYS. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. .MFR...NONE. OTH BB 052/065 053/065 053 150111 4BK BB 051/065 052/065 052 150111 RBG BB 057/089 057/084 054 151333 MFR BB 060/094 060/090 057 152444 LMT BB 051/087 051/084 049 153555 LKV BB 051/087 051/084 049 153555 MHS BB 053/089 053/085 051 153444
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Washington, July 9 to 23, 2001
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 9 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in Virginia, July 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 2001
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 9, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5256663.