A Winter Storm Warning was issued for CAZ080/082/083 above 4000 feet effective 1800 on 12/7 until 1030 on 12/8. The effective elevation was raised to 4000 feet at 1525 PST on 12/7 and to 5000 feet at 0400 on 12/8.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued for CAZ080/082/083 above 4000 feet effective 1800 on 12/7 until 1030 on 12/8. The effective elevation was raised to 4000 feet at 1525 PST on 12/7 and to 5000 feet at 0400 on 12/8. The above report was just barely north of the CAZ081/082 boundary. No warnings were in effect for CAZ081.
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 Dec 8, 9:00 AM PST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
900 AM PST WED DEC 8 2004
.DISCUSSION...
PLENTY OF HYDROLOGIC ISSUES THIS MORNING FROM THE STORM THAT MOVED
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNT RANGE BETWEEN
1 TO 3 INCHES. WILL BE ISSUING A SERIES OF FLOOD WATCHES FOR COOS
CURRY COUNTIES MAINLY FOR THE COQUILLE AND LOWER ROGUE RIVERS. AT THE
SURFACE..THE OCCLUDED FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE CASCADES INTO
LAKE COUNTY WITH THE FRONT TRAILING BACK INTO NORTHERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY HAS DROPPED
BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL BUT THE VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN WINDY THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WAS AROUND 6500 FT OVER MEDFORD
THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THIS HEIGHT THROUGHOUT
TODAY.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FLORENCE OR TO THE OR/CA BORDER.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...ORZ021/022 COAST WED AFTN/WED NIGHT/THU.
WINTER STORM WARNING....THROUGH 6 PM WED FOR ORZ025 ABOVE 4000
FEET RISING TO ABOVE 5500 FEET.
WINTER STORM WARNING...THROUGH 6 PM WED FOR ORZ027/028.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...THROUGH 6 PM WED FOR ORZ029/030/031.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CA.
WINTER STORM WARNING...CAZ080/082/083 THROUGH NOON WED ABOVE
4000 FEET RISING TO ABOVE 6000 FEET BY
AFTERNOON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...THROUGH 6 PM WED FOR CAZ084/085.
&&
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
702 AM PST WED DEC 08 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NE GOLD BEACH 42.45N 124.37W
12/08/2004 2.65 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL ENDING AT 7 AM PST.
&&
JACOBSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
704 AM PST WED DEC 08 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 AM HEAVY RAIN 11 NE GRANTS PASS 42.54N 123.15W
12/08/2004 1.93 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL ENDING AT 7 AM PST.
&&
JACOBSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
724 AM PST WED DEC 08 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 E SIXES 42.81N 124.42W
12/08/2004 2.20 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 7 AM PST. WIND OF 60 MPH AT 9
PM LAST NIGHT.
&&
JACOBSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
744 AM PST WED DEC 08 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0738 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE ASHLAND 42.18N 122.68W
12/08/2004 1.00 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 730 AM PST.
0738 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 WNW GRANTS PASS 42.47N 123.41W
12/08/2004 1.85 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
10 HOUR RAQINFALL ENDING AT 7 AM PST.
&&
JACOBSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
846 AM PST WED DEC 08 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0823 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 WSW WILDERVILLE 42.36N 123.56W
12/08/2004 3.75 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
3PM-8AM.
0823 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE BANDON 43.10N 124.40W
12/08/2004 1.00 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
8AM-8AM. WIND GUST TO 60 MPH OVERNIGHT.
0823 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE WILDERVILLE 42.40N 123.44W
12/08/2004 1.93 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
8AM-8AM.
0836 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E WILDERVILLE 42.38N 123.44W
12/08/2004 1.98 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
835AM-835AM.
0836 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE GOLD BEACH 42.44N 124.37W
12/08/2004 2.60 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
5AM-5AM.
&&
GLASERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter 4 SSW Weed reported 10 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5430805.