No warning was issued for this brief high wind event. The warning verified continuously from 10/2100 PST until 11/0000 PST.
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.
No warning was issued for this brief high wind event. The warning verified continuously from 10/2100 PST until 11/0000 PST. The first, last and maximum sustained winds are recorded above, along with the peak gust.
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 Apr 10, 7:50 PM PST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 850 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2005 .DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT MOVING ONSHORE THIS EVENING HAS BROUGHT WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN TO THE WEST SIDE. SNOW LEVELS STILL FAIRLY HIGH WITH RECENT 00Z SOUNDING SHOWING THE FREEZING LEVEL AT 8200 MSL. SNOW LEVEL SHOULD FALL TO 4-5 KFT OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...MAINLY WEST SIDE OF THE CASCADES. LITTLE ACTION FOR THE EAST...AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST AREAS OUT THERE WILL GET SKIPPED BY PRECIP ALTOGETHER. SOME LINGERING SHOWER ACTIVITY ANTICIPATED FOR THE WEST SIDE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH DIMINISHING ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON/EVE BEFORE THE NEXT WAVE ROLLING OUT OF THE UPPER LOW HITS THE COAST TUES A.M. NE PACIFIC UPPER LOW REMAINS AND KEEPS THE WEATHER UNSETTLED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS IT GRADUALLY CROSSES THE REGION. BRIEF BREAK AROUND FRI BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM HITS FOR THE WEEKEND. MANY AREAS EAST AND SOUTH SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY DRY IN RAIN SHADOWING THROUGH THE DURATION. STAVISH && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM. CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM. && ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD MS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, April 2005
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: 5445405, 5445406, 5445407.