A High Wind Warning was issued for California zone CAZ081 at 0510 PST on 01/01 and expired at 0510 PST on 01/02. The report above was the only one that verified the warning.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for California zone CAZ081 at 0510 PST on 01/01 and expired at 0510 PST on 01/02. The report above was the only one that verified the warning.
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 1, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PDT TUE JAN 01 2002
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THE SHASTA VALLEY WITH WEED RAWS
REPORTING NEAR 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. WINDS ARE LIGHTER NEAR
MONTAGUE SHOWING 25 TO 30 GUSTING TO 35 MPH. HIGHER WINDS YET AT THE
HEADLANDS WITH CAPE BLANCO NEAR 50 MPH GUSTING OVER 60 MPH. MEANWHILE
WARM FRONTAL RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. SNOW LEVELS QUITE
HIGH NEAR 8000 FT. THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INLAND THIS EVENING WITH A
SECONDARY REINFORCING FRONT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THAT TIME THE
WINDS DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY. THURSDAY MORNING VERY COLD -30C AIR AT
500MB CROSSES SOUTHWEST OREGON WHILE 850MB TEMPS ARE JUST -2C. THIS
STEEP LAPSE RATE WILL KEEP POST FRONTAL SHOWERS GOING BUT SNOW LEVELS
SHOULD LOWER ONLY TO 4000 FT OR SO. FRIDAY A SHARP RIDGE BUILDS. A
SHORT WAVE BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGE SATURDAY BUT MOST OF THE ENERGY IS
OVER SEATTLE. AFTER TALKING TO PQR WILL LEAVE CHANCE IN SAT AND SUN.
AFTER THAT THE RIDGE REBOUNDS.
MO
.MFR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE OR TO PT ST GEORGE CA.
HIGH WIND WARNING ORZ021/022 COASTAL HEADLANDS TNT.
WIND ADVISORY CAZ081 TNT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Weed RAWS reported a sustained wind of 40 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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