A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 25/0834 PDT and expired at 25/1809 PDT. The above observations at Cape Blanco would have verified the warning if coastal headland observations were still used for verification.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 25/0834 PDT and expired at 25/1809 PDT. The above observations at Cape Blanco would have verified the warning if coastal headland observations were still used for verification. No other verifying observations were recorded.
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 Oct 25, 7:54 AM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 854 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2005 .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE COAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN SPREAD INLAND TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE COASTAL ZONES TODAY EXPECT HIGH WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS FOR GUSTY WINDS TODAY THRU 6PM. EXPECT CHANCES FOR RAINFALL AREAWIDE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THEN BEHIND THE FRONT...WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE. UPDATED FORECAST FOR HIGH WINDS ALONG THE COAST. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO BLANKET THE COAST AND THE UMPQUA VALLEY THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE SKIES ARE CLEAR ACROSS MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. ATTENTION TURNS TO THE NEXT COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING INTO 130W THIS MORNING. WITH JETSTREAM RUNNING ALMOST PARALLEL TO THE FRONT..AM NOT EXPECTING THIS FRONT TO APPROACH THE COAST UNTIL LATE TODAY WITH GUSTY WINDS AT THE COAST AND IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. WITH EXTENDED SOUTHERLY FLOW MOST OF SOUTHERN OREGON WILL BE VERY WARM TODAY. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH TODAY WITH ABRUPTLY INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN TO SOUTHWEST OREGON TONIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH ANOTHER FRONT MOVING INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT. AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BE UNSTABLE AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A SERIES OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS. H5 HEIGHTS BUILD EARLY NEXT WEEK. .AVIATION...ISOLATED MVFR ALONG THE OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS MORNING IN PATCHY FOG...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY 17Z. THEN EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR AND IFR TO MOVE INTO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AS AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT BRINGS RAINFALL. AFTER 00Z THE RAINFALL IS EXPECT TO SPREAD INLAND WITH AREAS OF MVFR...MAINLY ALONG THE WEST SIDE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6PM ALONG THE COAST. .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE TO THE CA BORDER. CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE. && CC ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 637 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2005 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-261330- 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- 637 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEE PDXCWFMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GERIG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cape Blanco recorded sustained winds of 40 mph or greater continuously in observations taken every 15 minutes (except for two observations) from 25/0910 to 25/1555 PDT.
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, October 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: 5478445, 5478446.