A High Wind Warning was in effect for the coastal headlands of ORZ021/022 from 05/2356 PST until 06/0945 PST. Warning criteria was met continuously from 05/2300 until 06/0500.
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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 High Wind Warning was in effect for the coastal headlands of ORZ021/022 from 05/2356 PST until 06/0945 PST. Warning criteria was met continuously from 05/2300 until 06/0500. The peak sustained winds and peak gust are recorded above.
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 5, 9:11 PM PST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
911 PM PST SUN DEC 5 2004
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS DEVELOPING.
A CONTINUED CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH OVERRUNNING
PROVIDING A DUSTING OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND PERHAPS AT
ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FT. NEW 18Z RUN OF THE GFS IS A LITTLE
SLOWER AND SLIGHTLY WEAKER WITH THE COLD FRONT ARRIVING ON MONDAY...
BUT STILL SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FOR GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE
AFTERNOON AND FOR PRECIPITATION TO SPREAD ACROSS OUR REGION BY THE
EVENING. DOWNSLOPE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF
RAIN IN THE SHASTA AND ROGUE VALLEYS BUT A MEASUREABLE AMOUNT IS
LIKELY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE COAST...NEAR WEED AND NEAR
SUMMER LAKE WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.
PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SNOW LEVEL RISES TO
AROUND 4000 FEET AND AN 80 KT JET STREAM SPREADS OVER OUR REGION.
PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION TUESDAY WITH CONTINUED
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THE NEXT TROUGH WILL APPROACH TUESDAY NIGHT
WITH A 130 KT JET AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000
TO 4500 FT. THE MT SHASTA AREA WILL HAVE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION
WITH A STORM TOTAL OF UP TO 2 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AND UP TO 1 FOOT IN
THE CASCADES AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE EAST SIDE.
A CONTINUED VERY MOIST PATTERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A TRANSITION TO
LIGHTER OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION. THE BAROCLINIC BAND WILL SLOWLY
MOVE NORTHWARD WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING ABOVE 6000 FEET THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER CHANCE OF
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SATURDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH ARRIVES.
.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONTINUES ON TRACK WITH MODELS CONTINUING
WITH TIMING AND STRENGTH OF APPROACHING SYSTEMS FROM THE PREVIOUS
RUN. WILL UPDATE TO ADD PATCHY FOG TO THE WEST AND EAST SIDE
VALLEYS WITH BREAKS IN THE WEAK PRECIP BANDS CROSSING AREA.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE TO THE OR/CA BORDER.
HIGH WIND WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING FOR
THE COAST ORZ21/22
HIGH WIND WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING NORTHERN
PORTION OF ORZ31.
WINTER STORM WATCH ORZ27/28 MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 4500 FT.
CA...GALE WARNING OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.
HIGH WIND WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING SHASTA VALLEY
CAZ81.
WINTER STORM WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT FOR
WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY
CAZ80/82/83.
&&
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SVENHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 648 AM PST SUN DEC 5 2004 ORZ021-022-061500- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 648 AM PST SUN DEC 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEE PDXSPSMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. CAZ081-084-085-ORZ029>031-061500- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN-MODOC COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 648 AM PST SUN DEC 5 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEE PDXSPSMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. CAZ080-082-083-061500- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 648 AM PST SUN DEC 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEE PDXSPSMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ORZ027-028-061500- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 648 AM PST SUN DEC 5 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY SNOW AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEE PDXSPSMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. GERIG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Cape Blanco at 0000 PST.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5430875, 5430876.