A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 14/1510 PST, effective 15/0600 until 15/1500 PST. It was cancelled at 15/1346 PST.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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 Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 14/1510 PST, effective 15/0600 until 15/1500 PST. It was cancelled at 15/1346 PST. The above observations verified the warning.
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 15, 12:30 AM PST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 130 AM PDT SAT APR 15 2006 .DISCUSSION... I WILL MOVE THE START TIME FOR THE SNOW ADVISORIES UP TO NOON TODAY. NO CHANGE TO THE HWW. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE EVENING THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN DUE TO WAVE DEVELOPMENT WHICH HOLDS THE FRONT ALONG THE CASCADE DIVIDE. SUNDAY MORNING IT IS IN MODOC COUNTY. FOLLOWING BEHIND IS A COLD SHOWERY AIRMASS WITH 500MB TEMPS DOWN TO -32C. MONDAY SHOWERS DECREASE AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. IT LOOKS DRY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A WEAKER FRONT BRING RAIN TO THE COAST. SHOWERS SPREAD OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD POOL BUT THE SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS SINCE THE 500MB TEMPS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER. NEXT SATURDAY MAY BE DRY AS ANOTHER RIDGE BUILDS IN. && .AVIATION...MVFR AND SCATTERED IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH RAIN...MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS. && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...HIGH WIND WARNING OREGON COAST ZONES 21-22. ...SNOW ADVISORY CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS ZONES 27-28. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAZARDOUS SEAS FLORENCE-CA BORDER 0-60 NM. ...GALE WARNING FLORENCE-CA BORDER 0-60 NM. CA...SNOW ADVISORY SISKIYOU CO. ABV 3500 FT ZONES 80,82,83. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAZARDOUS SEAS FLORENCE-CA BORDER 0-60 NM. ...GALE WARNING OR BORDER-PT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 548 AM PDT SAT APR 15 2006 ORZ021-022-161346- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 548 AM PDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6AM TO 3 PM. SEE HIGH WIND WARNING MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-082-083-ORZ027-028-161346- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 548 AM PDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. SEE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. HESS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Port Orford.
Port Orford recorded sustained winds 40-52 mph during this time interval.
Gold Beach recorded sustained winds 43 to 47 mph during this time interval.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Port Orford
Recorded at Port Orford.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, April 2006
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: 5498154, 5498153, 5498151, 5498152, 5498155, 5498156.