A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zone ORZ026 at 0525 PST on 02/25 and expired at 1200 PST on 02/25. It appears that this warning verified.
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.
A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zone ORZ026 at 0525 PST on 02/25 and expired at 1200 PST on 02/25. It appears that this warning verified.
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 25, 3:15 AM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
315 AM PST WED FEB 25 2004
.DISCUSSION...WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. CENTER OF DEEP
LOW PASSED BY BUOY 6 LAST EVENING (600NM OFFSHORE OF EUREKA) WITH A
979 MB READING. MODELS HAVE A VERY GOOD HANDLE ON THIS FULLY
OCCLUDED SYSTEM. OCCLUDED FRONT COMING ONSHORE NEAR BROOKINGS AT
THIS TIME. ONLY LIGHTNING DETECTED AT THIS TIME IN SUBTROPICAL PLUME
OFFSHORE OF SFO. THE NORTHEAST TRACK OF THE LOW INSIDE 130W SHOULD
KEEP LIGHTNING NORTH AND WEST OF OUR AREA. SYSTEM ALSO BEGINS TO
WEAKEN INSIDE 130W.
VARIOUS HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT WITH IMPRESSIVE
S-SE WIND PROFILE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. MT. SHASTA CITY AREA IS OF
PRIMARY CONCERN WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION BRINGING DOWN THE SNOW
LEVELS...BUT WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY SHOULD SEE HIGHER SNOW LEVELS.
OCCLUDED FRONT WILL PUSH INLAND TODAY WITH SOMEWHAT COLDER AIR
BEHIND IT. SHOULD SEE A SLIGHT LOWERING IN SNOW LEVELS BUT NOT MUCH.
INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN NEAR MT. SHASTA AS WELL
AS HWY 89 NEAR MCCLOUD TODAY AS SNOW RATES PICK UP ON THE PASSES.
THERE WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET COULD SEE UP TO 3 FEET OF SNOW
INTO THURSDAY. ON THE EAST SIDE THERE WILL BE A WIND ADVISORY...
ALTHOUGH LOCALLY THE WINDS COULD BE HIGHER IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA
AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE, OR TO THE CA BORDER.
HIGH WIND WARNING COASTAL HEADLANDS OR21-22 THROUGH
6 PM TODAY.
WIND ADVISORY OR29-30-31 THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY.
WIND ADVISORY ROGUE VALLEY ORZ26 THROUGH 12 AM THURSDAY.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY
CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT. ST. GEORGE, CA.
HIGH WIND WARNING SHASTA VALLEY CA81 THROUGH 12AM
THURSDAY.
WIND ADVISORY CAZ83-84-85 THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY.
WINTER STORM WARNING WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FT FOR CAZ82 AND ABOVE
4000 FT CAZ80 THROUGH 4 AM THURSDAY.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY
&&
SANDLERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2004 ORZ023>028-251430- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 630 AM PST TUE FEB 24 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-251430- 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- 630 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHER OREGON AND FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. REFER TO PDXMWSMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. REFER TO PDXMWSMFR FOR DETAILS. ORZ021-022-251430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 630 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COASTAL HEADLANDS FOR WEDNESDAY. REFER TO PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ083>085-ORZ029>031-251430- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE 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- 630 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY FOR LATE TONIGHT. REFER TO PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. REFER TO PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080>082-251430- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 630 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET IN WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. REFER TO PDXWSWMFR FOR DETAILS. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. JACOBS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1141 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SE ASHLAND 42.19N 122.70W
02/24/2004 40 MPH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
SUSTAINED WIND 25 TO 35 MPH AT 2400 FOOT ELEVATION..
&&
LLJThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter in Rogue River reported that a 10'x10'x15' steel canopy staked to the ground with railroad spikes was picked up and overturned by strong winds. Several trees were also blown down.
A spotter in Ashland reported sustained winds 40 mph gusting to 48 mph.
KDRV news reported that a semi-trailer was overturned by high winds on Hwy. 140 near White City.
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: 5384229, 5384228, 5384230.