A High Wind Warning was issued for ORZ021/022 at 21/2150 PST, effective from 22/0500 PST until 22/1200 PST. The warning was expired at 22/1150 PST.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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 ORZ021/022 at 21/2150 PST, effective from 22/0500 PST until 22/1200 PST. The warning was expired at 22/1150 PST. The above observations verified the warning, but the effective time of the warning should have started earlier.
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 Dec 21, 9:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
900 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005
.DISCUSSION...
WSR-88D RADAR SHOWS RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. SPOTTERS IN CURRY COUNTY REPORTING COPIOUS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.
SATELLITE PICTURE SHOWS GOOD MOISTURE FETCH INTO SOUTHERN OREGON
COAST OVERNIGHT. MAIN ATTENTION SHIFTS TO THURSDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS. THIS FRONT WILL AGAIN
PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS AND WILL UPGRADE THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO
HIGH WIND WARNING WITH GALE WARNING IN THE COASTAL WATERS. WITH
RECENT RAINFALL RIVERS HAVE RISEN SOME AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE ILLINOIS AND THE APPLEGATE RIVERS.
&&
.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS IN LOW CLOUDS AND RAIN.
HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE OBSCURED BY WEATHER. WINDY AT THE COAST AND
IN THE SHASTA VALLEY.
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.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING...........FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
HIGH WIND WARNING......ORZ021/022 THURSDAY 6 AM TO 6 PM..
CA...GALE WARNING...........OR/CA BORDER TO PT. ST GEORGE CA 0-60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OR/CA BORDER TO PT. ST GEORGE CA 0-60 NM.
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ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORDHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 534 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-221430- 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- 534 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FOR DETAILS SEE THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORZ021-022-221430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 534 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. FOR DETAILS SEE HIGH WIND WARNING. HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. FOR DEATAILS SEE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1131 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1131 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 N GOLD BEACH 42.47N 124.42W
12/21/2005 1.80 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 11 PM WEDNESDAY.
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ORRThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Cape Arago.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Cape Arago.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Cape Arago.
Recorded at Cape Arago.
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, December 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: 5484633, 5485633, 5485630, 5484630, 5485631, 5484634, 5485632, 5484635, 5484636, 5484632, 5484631.