A High Wind Warning was issued for the Siskiyou Mountains at 1319 PST on 01/10/01 in response to the Mount Ashland ski resort report. A wind advisory was issued at the same time for Jackson County, with the highest winds around Ashland.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the Siskiyou Mountains at 1319 PST on 01/10/01 in response to the Mount Ashland ski resort report. A wind advisory was issued at the same time for Jackson County, with the highest winds around Ashland. Winds that met warning criteria were likely limited to the Ashland area, so a wind advisory for the county as a whole was likely appropriate. The reports listed above were the only ones recieved that met warning criteria. The warning was expired at 2055 PST on 01/10/01.
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 Jan 10, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PST WED JAN 10 2001
PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR THE MORNING UPDATE ARE REFINEMENTS TO EXISTING
WINTER STORM WATCH/SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SISKIYOUS AND SISKIYOU
COUNTY. WILL RE-ISSUE THE STATEMENT THIS MORNING AS A COMBINED
NPW/WSW TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME STRONG WINDS IN THE VCNTY OF WEED....
40-50 MPH REPORTED BY SPOTTER 9W BLACK BUTTE THIS MORNING...AND WEED
RAWS REPORTS GUSTS TO 43 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING.
RADAR MOSAIC CURRENTLY SHOWS A FAIRLY BROAD AREA OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED
WITH OCCLUDED FRONTAL BOUNDARY/LEADING EDGE OF UPPER TROUGH SET TO
PROGRESS INLAND THROUGH NRN CA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LATEST
ETA/NGM FORECASTS LOOK IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT...AND PROG ANYWHERE
FROM .25-.50 INCHES OF PRECIP OVER NRN CA THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY IN
WARM ADVECTION/UPSLOPE PATTERN. THIS TRANSLATES TO ROUGHLY 3-5 INCHES
OF SNOW...BUT CONSIDERING UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT WE SHOULD SEE AMOUNTS
MORE LIKE 6-12 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER THE S/SE FACING UPPER SLOPES.
WILL ADD CAZ083 TO SNOW ADVISORY FOR 12-HR AMOUNTS 3-8 INCHES
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS
LOOK GOOD BETWEEN 3500-4000 FT FOR THE EVENT.
BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP IN OREGON WILL BE AS FRONT SWINGS NWD LATE
AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW TOTALS CURRENTLY FORECAST
BETWEEN 2-5 INCHES OVER THE S-CENTRAL OREGON ZONES TNGT INCLUDING
KFALLS WARRANT AN ADVISORY...BUT CONSIDERING NONE WAS ISSUED AND
FEELING THAT AMOUNTS THERE ARE A BIT HIGH FOR TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 029-031...WILL MAKE SOME
REFINEMENTS TO LOWER FCST AMOUNTS THERE.
ONE LAST ISSUE...WINDS LATE TDY IN THE ROGUE VALLEY ARE FORECAST BY
FWC TO REACH 15-25 KTS SUSTAINED AND LOOKS OK...SO BREEZY/LOCALLY
WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTENOON/EVE WILL BE ADDED. STAVISH
.MFR...SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT FOR THE SISKIYOUS OF
ORZ028 AND FOR CAZ080-081-083 ABOVE 3500 FT.
WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT CAZ082 ABOVE 3500
FT.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE
OTH CW 052/043 050/038 052 092776
4BK RW 051/044 051/038 052 097876
RBG RW 047/036 045/036 046 092675
MFR CW 046/038 046/034 046 093665
LMT CJ 038/029 035/021 035 093765
LKV CJ 039/029 035/021 034 092765
MHS OS 036/032 035/026 034 09++85The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter JA21 reported estimated winds south 20-30 mph gusting to 60 mph.
Spotter JA20 reported estimated south winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 60 mph in Ashland.
Mt. Ashland officials estimated 100 mph winds blew at the ski resort on 01/10/01, as reported by the Medford Mail Tribune on 01/11/01.
A Mt. Ashland lift operator reported winds at the top of the mountain estimated at 80 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5227742, 5227744, 5227743, 5227741.