A High Wind Warning was issued for the coastal headlands in Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 1500 PST on 02/28/05, effective from 0100 PST to 1600 PST on 03/01/05. The warning verified continuously at Cape Blanco from 1200-1500 PST on 03/01.
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.
A High Wind Warning was issued for the coastal headlands in Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 1500 PST on 02/28/05, effective from 0100 PST to 1600 PST on 03/01/05. The warning verified continuously at Cape Blanco from 1200-1500 PST on 03/01. The highest sustained wind and gust are recorded above. Other verifying ob was recorded at 1800 PST on 03/01, after the warning was cancelled.
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 Mar 1, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2005
.SHORT TERM...FRONT INSIDE 130W AND BECOMING MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED
WITH TIME. IR SATELLITE LOOP ACTUALLY SHOWING TOPS WARMING A LITTLE
PAST HOUR. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THEN WEAKEN CROSSING THE CASCADES. THE GFS MODEL MOVES THE UPPER
TROUGH INLAND LATE TONIGHT WITH MAIN ENERGY PUSHING INLAND ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIF. TYPICAL UPSLOPE PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MT
SHASTA REGION OF NORTHERN CALIF THIS EVENING AND THIS AREA MAY
RECEIVE ENOUGH SNOW TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA ABOVE 4500 FEET
OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE NO OTHER PROBLEMS EXPECTED.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING 0-60 NM FLORENCE TO CA/OR BORDER
HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 4PM TODAY FOR THE HEADLANDS.
CA...GALE WARNING 0-60 NM CA/OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.
&&
ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD (ALL LOWER CASE)
RHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 417 PM PST MON FEB 28 2005 PZZ350-353-370-373-011430- 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- 417 PM PST MON FEB 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING 0 TO 60 NM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORZ021-022-011430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 417 PM PST MON FEB 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING LATE TONIGHT FOR HEADLANDS. FOR DETAILS SEE PDXNPWMFR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH WIND WARNING TUESDAY FOR HEADLANDS. FOR DETAILS SEE PDXNPWMFR. ORR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1222 PM PST TUE MAR 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0754 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW WEED 41.36N 122.42W
03/01/2005 SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
SUSTAINED WINDS SE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 49 MPH.
&&
ORRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1224 PM PST TUE MAR 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1224 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW WEED 41.36N 122.42W
03/01/2005 SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
SUSTAINED WINDS SE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 49 MPH.
&&
ORRThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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, March 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: 5441995, 5441996, 5441997, 5441998.