A High Wind Warning was issued for the ORZ021 headlands and exposed beaches at 1821 PST on 02/12. This warning was extended to the ORZ022 headlands and exposed beaches at 2355 PST on 02/12.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the ORZ021 headlands and exposed beaches at 1821 PST on 02/12. This warning was extended to the ORZ022 headlands and exposed beaches at 2355 PST on 02/12. The warning was cancelled at 1100 PST on 02/13. Soon afterwards the above gust was recorded, the only observation 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 Feb 13, 8:50 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST
DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
850 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2004
CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SNOW ADVISORY FOR MOUNT SHASTA AREA
.DISCUSSION...
WILL SEND OUT AN UPDATE SHORTLY TO SCALE BACK POPS FOR TODAY. RAIN
WILL DEVELOP AT THE COAST BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN THE WESTERN
HALVES OF JOSEPHINE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES BY THE END OF THE
AFTERNOON WITH GREATEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN CURRY COUNTY AND
NEAR MOUNT SHASTA. WHILE ASIDE FROM A FEW SHOWERS NEAR CRATER LAKE
AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MOST OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
AND THE REGION FROM THE CASCADES EASTWARD WILL ALL REMAIN DRY.
WILL CONTINUE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL HEADLANDS AND WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY TODAY.
HIGHER POPS TONIGHT AS FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND THE FRONT
MOVES FURTHER INLAND. LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS SATURDAY.
SAT NIGHT THE PRECIP CHANCES GO TO LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION
WEST OF THE CASCADES AND HIGH END CHANCE FOR THE EAST SIDE AS AN
UPPER TROUGH MOVES TO ALONG THE COAST. SUNDAY PRECIP CHANCES LOWER
AND BY SUNDAY NIGHT RAIN CHANCE FOR FAR WESTERN ZONES AS A WARM
FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST LATE. BY MONDAY STRONG SOUTHERLY JET
ALONG 135W INDICATED BY GFS WILL KEEP CHANCE OF PRECIP HIGHER FOR
THE WEST SIDE OREGON ZONES...PARTICULARLY THE FAR WESTERN ZONES. BY
TUESDAY INTO TUE NIGHT BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIP SPREADING ACROSS THE
CWA AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OFF NORCAL AND MOVES NNE. CHANCE POPS
FOR WED THEN SOMEWHAT DRIER BY THU AS UPPER RIDGE BRIEFLY ACROSS THE
REGION. ACTIVE PATTERN WITH TIMING UNCERTAINTIES BUT CERTAINLY A WET
PATTERN PARTICULARLY FOR THE CASCADES AND WEST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DW
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE TO CA BORDER.
HIGH WIND WARNING HEADLANDS ZONES ORZ021-022 UNTIL NOON
TODAY.
CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.
WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY TODAY.
SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 4000 FEET.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2004 PZZ350-353-356-141430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 630 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING TODAY SEE PDXCWFMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORZ021-022-141430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 630 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE HEADLANDS UNTIL NOON. SEE PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ081-141430- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 630 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WIND ADVISORY SHASTA VALLEY TODAY SEE PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HESS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cape Blanco recorded a gust to 58 mph as well as a sustained wind of 45 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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