The above observations, all recorded at the Weed RAWS, met High Wind Warning criteria. No warning was in effect, but a Wind Advisory was in effect for this zone.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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.
The above observations, all recorded at the Weed RAWS, met High Wind Warning criteria. No warning was in effect, but a Wind Advisory was in effect for this zone. The Weed RAWS is located in the windiest part of the zone, so the Wind Advisory was likely the most appropriate action for this event.
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, 3:15 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
315 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2004
.DISCUSSION...RAINFALL WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 5 TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY...AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN CURRY COUNTY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...STRONGEST
AT COASTAL HEADLANDS AND IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. DRYING DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL KEEP THE ROGUE
AND UMPQUA VALLEYS AND NORTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY MAINLY DRY FOR
MOST OF TODAY.
RAIN WITH A SNOW LEVEL AT 6500 FEET WILL SPREAD FURTHER INLAND
EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT AND POST FRONTAL SHOWERS TRAVERSE
THE REGION. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO 5000 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AS PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
WILL BE HIGHEST OVER SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CURRY
COUNTY WITH MORE FAVORED UPSLOPE CONDITIONS.
ANOTHER WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS SATURDAY
WITH WEAKER SOUTHERLY FLOW KEEPING TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AND
VARIABLE CLOUDINESS AFTER MORNING VALLEY FOG. THE OFFSHORE FRONT
WILL OCCLUDE SATURDAY NIGHT AND BEGIN TO MOVE INLAND EARLY SUNDAY
WITH RAIN LIKELY AGAIN FOR THE WEST SIDE AND A CHANCE EAST OF THE
CASCADES.
A BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH WEAK RIDGING THEN
RAIN LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY. GOOD NEWS IS SNOW LEVELS REMAINING IN
THE VICINITY OF 5000 TO 6000 FEET WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE TO THE CA BORDER 0-60NM
HIGH WIND WARNING THIS MORNING HEADLANDS ORZ021/022
WIND ADVISORY FOR ROGUE VALLEY THIS MORNING ORZ26
CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60NM
WIND ADVISORY FOR SHASTA VALLEY THIS MORNING CAZ081
&&
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Weed RAWS winds met High Wind Warning criteria briefly during this interval. The peak sustained wind was 45 mph at 0845 on 01/09.
Recorded at the Weed RAWS.
Recorded at the Weed RAWS.
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, January 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: 5381095, 5381096, 5381097.