A High Wind Warning was issued for CAZ081 at 1035 PST on 11/27/01 and cancelled at 1406 PST on 11/28/01. The above spotter reports verified the warning.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for CAZ081 at 1035 PST on 11/27/01 and cancelled at 1406 PST on 11/28/01. The above spotter reports verified the warning. However, it appears that the warning was cancelled several hours too early as the winds met warning criteria through at least 1600 PST on 11/28/01.
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 Nov 28, 1:30 AM PST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 AM PDT WED NOV 28 2001
PREVIOUS FORECAST STILL LOOKS VERY GOOD...SO ONLY A FEW ADJUSTMENTS
TO MAKE. MAIN ADJUSTMENT IS TO CONTINUE SNOW ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF
OUR AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. EXCEPTION BEING WESTERN VALLEY ADVISORIES
ONLY FOR THIS MORNING. LOW ELEVATION SNOW IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS
ALREADY FROM A TRACE TO 3 INCHES BUT SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN RISING
AROUND SUNRISE. ALSO NEED TO BUMP UP FORECAST FOR THE CASCADES AND
SISKIYOUS BUT SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WOULD
STILL BE IN THE ADVISORY CATEGORY. WARM FRONTAL PRECIP SHOULD
DECREASE THIS MORNING WHILE SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. HIGH WINDS HAVE
REACHED CAPE BLANCO AND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO THAT LEVEL ACROSS OUR
COASTAL ZONES AND THE SHASTA VALLEY TODAY. PRECIP WILL INCREASE AGAIN
IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT REACHES THE COAST. WILL ONLY
CONTINUE ADVISORY LEVEL SNOWFALLS AS FAR AS TONIGHT BUT LIGHTER POST
FRONTAL SHOWERS WILL ACTUALLY CONTINUE ON THURSDAY MORNING. ONLY VERY
LIGHT AND MAINLY COASTAL SHOWERS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH MOIST ONSHORE FLOW BUT LITTLE FORCING. PLENTY OF
RAIN/SNOW WITH SOME BREAKS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY
AS MRF FORECASTS LITTLE CHANGE IN THIS PATTERN OF CONDITIONS.
WEYGAND
.MFR...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY COOS/CURRY COAST (ORZ021/022).
HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY-TONIGHT SHASTA VALLEY (CAZ081).
SNOW ADVISORY WED MORNING ORZ023/024/026
SNOW ADVISORY TODAY-TONIGHT ORZ025/027>31 AND
CAZ080/081/083>085.
WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY-TONIGHT CAZ082 (MOUNT SHASTA).
STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS.
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AND ORZ021/022.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
703 AM PST WED NOV 28 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 AM KENO OR HEAVY SNOW
11/28/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL53...AT 4870
FEET...REPORTED 6 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW.
0645 AM YREKA CA HEAVY SNOW
11/28/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY84...AT 2800
FEET...REPORTED 4 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter SY12 at 3000 feet reported wind 35-45 mph gusting to 60 mph.
Spotter SY94 in Weed reported 35-45 mph winds gusting to 54 mph.
Spotter SY39 in Weed reported 40-50 mph winds.
Spotter SY77 in Gazelle reported winds still in the 60 mph range with downed trees and barns blown over.
Spotter SY10 in Weed reported a wind gust to 63 mph at 1600 PST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 2001
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: 5272244, 5272245, 5272246, 5272247, 5272248.