but no warning was issued.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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 indicate that High Wind Warning criteria was met briefly this evening...but no warning was issued.
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 7, 8:55 PM PST, 5 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
855 PM PST THU JAN 7 2004
.DISCUSSION...RADAR SHOWING GENERALLY LIGHT PRECIP FALLING OVER MUCH
OF SISKIYOU COUNTY CALIF...ALONG THE SRN OREGON COASTAL REGION...AND
WESTERN JOSEPHINE COUNTY. SOME EMBEDDED MODERATE RAIN WITHING THIS
REGION AS WELL. SNOW LEVELS GENERALLY ABOVE 4000 FEET TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH FEW SPOTS MAY SEE MIXED PRECIP BELOW 4000 FEET IN NORCAL
TONIGHT. SOME AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW IN WESTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AS
WELL. UPPER WESTERLY JET WITH 100-120 KT WINDS OVER REGION ALONG
WITH IMPULSE MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT WILL KEEP
PREICITATION CHANCES UP FOR THE CASCADES...WESTERN KLAMATH AND THE
WEST SIDE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE JET TO MOVE QUICKLY
NORTH INTO NORTHERN OREGON LATE TONIGHT AND INTO WASHINGTON BY LATE
MORNING. WOULD EXPECT PRECIP TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION BY
LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
WINDS UP AGAIN THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY IN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND
SHOULD REMAIN IN ADVISORY LEVEL THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDY ALONG THE
COAST AS WELL BUT BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE
BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING THURSDAY AS NEXT SYSTEM STRENGTHENS
OFFSHORE. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COAST AND SHASTA VALLEY LOOKS LIKELY
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIP TO INCREASE BY LATE
THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONGER SUPPORTED UPPER
TROUGH AND COLD FRONT MOVE TO THE COAST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND
INLAND DURING THE DAY. SNOW LEVELS TO RISE TO AVERAGE 4.5 TO 5.5K
FEET. TROUGH MOVES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY WITH DRYING TREND FOR THE
WEEKEND AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN BEHIND EASTWARD MOVING TROUGH.
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE TO THE CA BORDER.
CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.
WIND ADVISORY FOR SHASTA VALLEY CAZ081.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST WED JAN 7 2004 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-081430- 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 WED JAN 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT. REFER TO PDXCWFMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-081430- 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- 630 AM PST WED JAN 7 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JACOBS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cape Blanco winds exceeded 40 mph continuously during this time interval. The maximum recorded sustained wind was 55 mph at 2300 PST on 01/07.
Cape Blanco winds gusted to 62 mph at this time.
Gold Beach winds gusted to 62 mph at this time.
Gold Beach winds gusted to 62 mph at this time.
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, 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: 5381089, 5381090, 5381091, 5381092.