A High Wind Warning was issued for the ORZ021/022 coast at 02/1401 PST, effective from 03/0400 PST through 03/1300 PST. The above observations verified the warning, although winds at Cape Blanco exceeded the warning criteria as early as 03/0100 PDT.
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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 ORZ021/022 coast at 02/1401 PST, effective from 03/0400 PST through 03/1300 PST. The above observations verified the warning, although winds at Cape Blanco exceeded the warning criteria as early as 03/0100 PDT. Some minor damage was reported...a grocery store sign was blown out and some snapped tree limbs caused local power outages. It was cancelled at 03/1305 PDT.
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 Nov 2, 8:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 PM PST WED NOV 2 2005
.DISCUSSION...OVERRUNNING CLOUDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM ARE INSIDE
130W. BOTH THE NAM/GFS GENERALLY AGREE ON SPREADING RAIN TO THE
COAST THURSDAY MORNING THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INLAND
DURING THE AFTERNOON THEN MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE EAST SIDE THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THEN ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY
CONTINUING THE WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THE 00Z RUN OF THE GFS IS
NOT AS WET AS THE EARLIER RUN...HOWEVER...IT STILL BRINGS A RATHER
SLOW MOVING FRONT AND SOME FAIRLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
.AVIATION...CURRENT TAFS COVER EXPECTED CONDITIONS THE NEXT 12
HOURS.
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
HIGH WIND WARNING THU MORNING/AFTERNOON ORZ021-022.
CA...GALE WARNING OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM.
WINTER STORM WARNING THU ABOVE 4500 FEET WESTERN AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY 080/082.
&&
HOLTZ
ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORDHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 330 PM PST WED NOV 2 2005 CAZ080-082-031400- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 330 PM PST WED NOV 2 2005 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 WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM THURSDAY. SEE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR DETAILS. .INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOTTERS... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ021-022-031400- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 330 PM PST WED NOV 2 2005 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 HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM THURSDAY. SEE NON PRECIPITATION WARNING PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. .INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOTTERS... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-031400- 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- 330 PM PST WED NOV 2 2005 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 GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR DETAILS. GLASER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained winds 36 mph or greater recorded continously at Cape Blanco during this time interval.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Gusts to 45 mph were reported at Brookings. A large grocery store sign was blown out and several trees also fell, causing a few electrical outages. Wind gusts in the Port Orford area were measured at 70 mph, but no damage was reported there.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Winds 41 mph or greater recorded at Gold Beach continuously during this time interval.
Recorded at Cape Blanco.
South winds to 66 mph were reported 3 E Sixes.
Recorded at Gold Beach
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, November 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: 5481294, 5481292, 5481225, 5481227, 5481291, 5481228, 5481290, 5481293, 5481226, 5481229.