A High Wind Warning was issued for the Shasta Valley in California zone CAZ081 at 0715 PST on 02/16 and expired at 1535 PST on 02/16. The above observations verified the warning, which was upgraded from a Wind Advisory about 30 minutes after the first verifying report.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the Shasta Valley in California zone CAZ081 at 0715 PST on 02/16 and expired at 1535 PST on 02/16. The above observations verified the warning, which was upgraded from a Wind Advisory about 30 minutes after the first verifying report.
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 Feb 16, 4:15 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
415 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004
.DISCUSSION...
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COASTAL HEADLANDS THROUGH EARLY THIS
MORNING WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS OCCURING WITH HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR 70
MPH AT CAPE BLANCO SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALSO WIND ADVISORY FOR
SHASTA VALLEY WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 50-55 MPH NEAR WEED LAST
FEW HOURS. WILL CANCEL WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT AS SNOW LEVELS UP NEAR
6000 FEET AND WILL RISE DURING THE DAY AND REMAIN HIGH TONIGHT WITH
ACCUMULATING SNOW OF SIGNIFICANCE TO BE ABOVE 6000 FEET.
OVERALL WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH A
COLD FRONT APPROCHING THE COAST BY LATE MORNING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE
TO PUMP INLAND ACROSS THE REGION WITH A DEEP MOISTURE FEED IN PLACE
WITH SW WINDS ALOFT AND LONG PIPELINE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE SHOWING
UP ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP. THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE INLAND THIS
AFTERNOON THEN PULL UP STATIONARY LATE IN THE DAY ACROSS SRN OREGON
AND NW CALIF. A LOW TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OFF THE NORTHERN
CALIF COAST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTH PULLING MORE MOISTURE ACROSS
THE REGION. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN AROUND
MOUNT SHASTA WITH 1 INCH OF RAIN. WILL SEE OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY CALIFORNIA
IN FAVORED UPSLOPE FLOW AND ALSO INTO CURRY COUNTY. RAIN WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS WAVES MOVE ALONG THE FRONT. AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
PULLING THE FRONT BACK THROUGH THE REGION WITH PRECIPIATION
DIMINISHING BY LATE TUESDAY. UNTIL THIS TIME WILL NEED TO WATCH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN CURRY AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES IN PARTICULAR FOR
FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IN SMALLER STREAMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY LIKELY POPS WITH ANOTHER SURFACE LOW
DEVELOPING OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIF NEAR THE UPPER TROUGH ALONG 130W
WED MRNG THEN MOVING TOWARD SFO. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH RAIN TAPERING TO SHOWERS. THE SNOW LEVEL TO
COME DOWN WED BELOW 6000 FEET AND BELOW 5000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BUT PRECIPITATION WILL BE DIMINISHING QUICKLY.
THURSDAY TO BE A DRY DAY WITH AN UPPER RIDGE MAKING A BRIEF
APPEARANCE. ANOTHER WEAK UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING THE REGION LATE
FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY WITH CHANCE POPS BY SAT AND CONTINUING INTO
SUNDAY MAINLY ALONG THE COAST AND WEST SIDE OREGON ZONES AS ONSHORE
FLOW CONTINUES. MW
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE, OR TO CA BORDER.
HIGH WIND WARNING ORZ021-022 THROUGH MID MORNING.
CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE, CA.
WIND ADVISORY CAZ081 THROUGH MON NIGHT.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-171430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING FLORENCE OREGON TO CALIFORNIA BORDER AND OREGON BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CALIFORNIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ021-022-171430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING CURRY COUNTY COAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ081-171430- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WIND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-082>085-ORZ023>031-171430- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- MODOC COUNTY-NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained winds recorded at Weed. Maximum recorded sustained wind was 42 mph.
Maximum gust recorded at Weed.
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, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5384095, 5384096.