A Wind Advisory was issued for zone ORZ031 at 1224 PST on 11/22/01 and cancelled at 1830 PST. The above reported gust actually exceeded High Wind Warning criteria, but it was the only reported observation to do so.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Wind Advisory was issued for zone ORZ031 at 1224 PST on 11/22/01 and cancelled at 1830 PST. The above reported gust actually exceeded High Wind Warning criteria, but it was the only reported observation to do so.
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 22, 1:30 PM PST, 11 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PDT THU NOV 22 2001
SATELLITE SHOWS UPPER LOW WEAKENING AND SHIFTING INLAND OVER WA AND
BC THIS AFTN AS FAST ONSHORE CONTINUES OVER OREGON. WINDS ALONG THE
COAST HAVE DECRESED BUT STRONG GUSTS REQUIRE AN ADVISORY OVER ZONE
031 INCLUDING SUMMER LAKE THRU THE EVE. SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS TRENDED
DOWN OVER SW OREGON AND N CA...MAINLY IN THE LEE OF HIGHER TERRAIN.
SUBTLE RIDGING ALOFT OCCURS TNGT AND A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN SHOWER
ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR ALLOWING THE SNOW ADVISORY OVER THE CRATER LAKE
ZONE TO FALL. THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES LATE FRI AND LASTS THRU THE
WEEKEND. EARLY ON...THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SOME SIGNIFICANT SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS STARTING FRI NGT AND LASTING THRU EARLY SAT AS A
STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVES FROM N CA INTO E OREGON. INLAND AREAS APPEAR
MAINLY AT RISK FOR THE WIND INCLUDING CA COUNTIES...ROGUE VALLEY...
AND THE OREGON E-SIDE. WILL NEED TO WATCH MODEL TRENDS CLOSELY FOR
THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. CURRENTLY THERE APPEARS GOOD AGREEMENT.
LARGE ETA/AVN DIFFERENCES ARE SEEN WITH THE PRECIP PATTERN FRI-SAT...
WITH THE ETA BEING THE DRIEST KEEPING THE CWA DRY FRI AFTN THRU EARLY
SAT...THEN GIVING THE BULK OF THE PRECIP TO NRN CAL SAT AFTN/NGT. AVN
MUCH BROADER WITH THE RAIN SHIELD THRU THE PD. PREFER A COMPROMISE
WHICH WOULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIP THRU N CAL FRI NGT-SAT AND
RAINSHADOWING LOTS OF SW OREGON UNTIL WE GET INTO THE W/NW FOR BEHIND
THE STORM SAT NGT/SUN.
SNOW LEVELS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM ARE SHOWN TO JUMP A BIT TO 6-7
KFT..THEN DROP TO AROUND 3 KFT BY MON AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES INLAND
OVER WA. WILL BE WARY OF THIS FORECAST INCREASE...ESPECIALLY NEAR MT
SHASTA CITY. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN HIGH THRU MON ACROSS MOST OF
THE W-SIDE WHILE CHANCES DECREASE EAST. BEST CHANCE EAST LOOKS LIKE
FRI NGT IN OVERRUNNING PATTERN OUT AHEAD OF THE SFC LOW. WILL HAVE TO
ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SISKIYOU COUNTY
FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW FRI NGT-SAT. MORE PREIP CHANCES IN MOIST
ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED. STAVISH
.MFR...WINTER STORM WATCH FRI NGT-SAT NRN CA ZONES 080-082-083.
SNOW ADVISORY THIS EVE CASCADES ZONE 027.
WIND ADVISORY THIS EVE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON ZONE 031.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA.
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY SOUTH OREGON COAST ZONES 021-022.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
916 AM PST THU NOV 22 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM PORT ORFORD OR
11/22/01 CURRY SPOTTER CU07...7 MILES
EAST ON THE ELK
RIVER...REPORTS 2.00
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HOURS
7AM TO 7AM. PEAK GUST
OVERNIGHT 32 MPH.
0800 AM GOLD BEACH OR
11/22/01 CURRY SPOTTER CU20...3.5 MILES
EAST ALONG THE ROGUE
RIVER...REPORTED 2.10
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HOURS
8AM TO 8AM.
0800 AM BUNCOM OR
11/22/01 JACKSON SPOTTER JA33 REPORTED 1.20
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HOURS
8AM TO 8AM.
0800 AM BUNCOM OR
11/22/01 JACKSON OBSERVER...2 MILES
SE...REPORTED 1.05 INCHES
RAIN PAST 24 HOURS 8AM TO
8AM.
0830 AM KENO OR
11/22/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL53 REPORTED IT
IS SNOWING AND BREEZY.
0830 AM RUCH OR
11/22/01 JACKSON SPOTTER JA71...2 MILES
WEST...REPORTS 1.00 INCH
RAIN PAST 24 HOURS 8AM TO
8AM.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter at Summer Lake reported a 74 mph gust at 1341 PST.
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