A High Wind Warning was issued for the headlands of zones ORZ021/022 at 0508 PST on 01/09/01 and expired at 2000 PST on 01/09/01. The winds above were the peak values recorded at Cape Blanco.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the headlands of zones ORZ021/022 at 0508 PST on 01/09/01 and expired at 2000 PST on 01/09/01. The winds above were the peak values recorded at Cape Blanco. The high wind warning criteria was exceeded on nearly every Cape Blanco observation between 0956 PST and 1356 PST on 01/09/01.
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 9, 9:02 AM PST, 54 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PST TUE JAN 09 2001
SHORT WAVE OUT AROUND 130W AND ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ARE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD THE COAST THIS MORNING...WITH
REPORTS OUT AT BUOY 002 OF GUSTS NEAR 50KTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE
HOURS JUST BEFORE THE FRONT. WARNING FOR THE HEADLANDS TODAY APPEARS
ON TRACK. FRONT IS TIMED TROUGH THE COAST WITH DECREASING WINDS AFTER
4PM. AREAL EXTENT OF DEVELOPING RAIN BY AFTERNOON RAIN IS SOMEWHAT IN
QUESTION. LIKELY OR BETTER POPS AT COAST OK...BUT MORNING MODELS ALL
PUSH .10-.15" OVER THE WRN VALLEYS BY LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER AS THE
UPPER TROUGH TAKES ON A NEGATIVE TILT DURING THE DAY THERE SHOULD BE
SOME DEVELOPING S TO SE WIND ACROSS THE ROGUE VALLEY WHICH PRODUCES
SOME DOWNSLOPE AND HINDERS PRECIP. ALREADY 11 MPH AT ASHLAND THIS
MORNING. HENCE WILL STICK TO FORECAST CHANCE POPS FOR THE VALLEY AS
OPPOSED TO 12Z FWC ADVERTISED LIKELY OR BETTER...AND MAINLY FOR LATE
IN THE DAY. CONFIDECNE IS HIGH THAT E-SIDE WILL STAY DRY TODAY. TIME
SECTIONS ALSO DON'T SHOW ANY REAL DEEP MOISTURE ARRIVING UNTIL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN UPPER LOW...SEEN BREWING OUT NEAR 150W...
DEVELOPS AND HEADS INTO NRN CA. NEW AVN NOW TAKES THIS LOW NORTH
THROUGH OUR AREA WEDS NGT INTO EARLY THURS...WITH COLD ADVECTION
ALOFT FINALLY ENSUING AS LONGWAVE MOVES INLAND LATE THURS-FRI.
STAVISH
.MFR...HIGH WIND WARNING...HEADLANDS OF ORZ021-022 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
GALE WARNING...FLORENCE OR TO POINT ST. GEORGE CA.
OTH RE 054/042 053/040 053 098846
4BK RR 053/045 052/041 053 099844
RBG BE 047/040 046/037 045 096533
MFR E E 048/036 046/035 046 093633
LMT BB 042/028 039/026 040 090523
LKV BB 042/029 039/026 039 090422
MHS BW 041/030 039/031 039 095766The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cape Blanco gust.
Cape Blanco sustained wind.
Cape Blanco gust.
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: 5227656, 5227655, 5227657.