This was a minimal high wind event for which no warning was issued. The above observations did meet High Wind Warning criteria, however.
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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.
This was a minimal high wind event for which no warning was issued. The above observations did meet High Wind Warning criteria, however. Cape Blanco winds (sustained, gust, or both) met high wind criteria continuously from 0300 PST until 0600 PST on 02/02.
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 2, 2:38 AM PST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
238 AM PST MON FEB 2 2004
.DISCUSSION...STEADY RAINFALL IS PUSHING EAST OF THE CASCADES WHILE
SHOWERS ARE MOVING ASHORE CURRENTLY. SHOWERS WILL REMAIN FOR THE DAY
OVER THE WEST SIDE AND THEN DIMINISH TOMORROW EVENING AS THE COOL AIR
DEPARTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. A SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY MOVE
IN FOLLOWED BY A SHORT WAVE FROM THE NORTH THAT WILL PASS THROUGH
EASTERN OREGON WEDNESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...
ALTHOUGH LITTLE MOISTURE WILL MEAN VERY LIGHT QPF. NORTH-
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH RISING
HEIGHTS AND A RIDGE MOVING OVERHEAD. THE NEXT TROUGH WILL MAKE IT
INTO OREGON EARLY FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE LOOKING AT
THIS TIME. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
AND FAIRLY DRY WAVES. THE MRF IS DEVELOPING A STEEP EAST PAC RIDGE
WITH A TROUGH CENTERED IN SOCAL...BUT THIS WILL NOT CHANGE
CONDITIONS OVER OUR CWA IF IT PANS OUT.
BERTEAU
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OR/CA BORDER TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA.
SNOW ADVISORY..........THROUGH MONDAY ZONES CAZ080/082
ABOVE 3000 FEET.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 614 AM PST SUN FEB 1 2004 CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-021430- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 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 OREGON COAST- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 614 AM PST SUN FEB 1 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cape Blanco recorded a peak gust of 62 mph at this time.
Gold Beach recorded a peak gust of 58 mph at this time.
Cape Blanco recorded a sustained wind of 48 mph at 02/0600 PST.
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, 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: 5383817, 5383818, 5383816.