A High Wind Warning was issued for the coastal headlands of Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 08/0045 PST, effective until 08/0800 PST. It was extended to 08/1100 PST at 08/0840 PST.
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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.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the coastal headlands of Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 08/0045 PST, effective until 08/0800 PST. It was extended to 08/1100 PST at 08/0840 PST. It was cancelled at 08/1040 PST. The warning verified continuously from 07/2325 PST through 08/0800 PST, except possibly at 08/0700 PST. The first and last verifying observation is recorded above, along with the highest sustained wind and highest 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 7, 7:50 PM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 850 PM PDT THU APR 7 2005 .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWING FORECAST AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF A SQUEEZE PLAY AS ONE SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST AND ANOTHER APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH NEXT SYSTEM ALREADY REACHING THE COAST THIS EVENING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING IMPRESSIVE DARKENING OF INCOMING VORT MAX AROUND 136W/44N. WILL BEGIN TO SEE WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS CRANK UP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT DUE TO INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMING SYSTEM. SURFACE COLD FRONT TO MAKE LANDFALL AROUND DAYBREAK TOMORROW BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING INLAND. ONLY CHANGE TO FORECASTS TONIGHT WILL BE TO KNOCK POPS DOWN A LITTLE IN SOME OF THE WESTERN OREGON VALLEYS OTHERWISE THINGS LOOKING ON TRACK. && .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 REYNOLDS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
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: 5445400, 5445402, 5445404, 5445403, 5445401.