A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon coastal zones ORZ021/022 at 03/0432 PST, effective from 03/1600 to 04/1000 PST. It was expired at 04/0315 PST.
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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 Oregon coastal zones ORZ021/022 at 03/0432 PST, effective from 03/1600 to 04/1000 PST. It was expired at 04/0315 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 Feb 3, 2:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 .DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 300 MILES OFF THE NORTH OREGON COAST TONIGHT. THE GFS MODEL IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MODEL OF CHOICE HANDLING THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THIS STORM. THE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL INCREASE TO 50KT BY EARLY EVENING...THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO NEAR 60KT OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL BE FELT ALONG THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE WASHINGTON COAST OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE COAST AROUND 4AM SATURDAY THEN INLAND ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF MOISTURE WITH IT AND WILL MOVE QUICKLY INLAND SO NOT ANTICIPATING ANY FLOOD PROBLEMS. SNOW LEVELS START OUT WELL ABOVE PASS LEVEL TONIGHT...AND BY THE TIME THEY DO COME DOWN TO PASS LEVEL OR BELOW THE BAND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA. FREQUENT SHOWER ACTIVITY DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...BUT AT THIS POINT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY AMOUNTS. BY SATURDAY NIGHT THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE DECREASING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION SUNDAY WITH FURTHER STRENGTHENING MONDAY. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...MODELS AGREE ON MAINTAINING A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE REGION BRINGING A TASTE OF SPRING LIKE WEATHER TO MOST OF THE AREA. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN AREAS OF MVFR DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OVERNIGHT. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS ALONG THE COAST TO BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS INLAND WILL DETERIORATE SOMEWHAT SATURDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. && WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS....FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60NM. STORM WARNING THIS AFTN-SAT MRNG..FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60NM. HIGH SURF WARNING 10PM TONIGHT-4AM SUN...ORZ021 ORZ022. HIGH WIND WARNING 4PM TODAY-10AM SAT.....ORZ021 ORZ022. WIND ADVISORY 7PM TONIGHT-3AM SAT........ORZ026. WIND ADVISORY 8PM TONIGHT-8AM SAT........ORZ031. CA... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS.....OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60NM. STORM WARNING THIS AFTN-SAT MRNG..OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60NM. HIGH WIND WARNING 4PM TODAY-6AM SAT..CAZ081. && HOLTZ ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 516 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ORZ021-022-032014- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 516 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. CAZ081-032014- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 516 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. ORZ026-032014- JACKSON COUNTY- 516 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SATURDAY. ORZ030-032014- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 516 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SATURDAY. PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-032014- 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- 516 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SPENCER/MO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Port Orford.
Recorded at Port Orford.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
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, February 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: 5491678, 5491789, 5491787, 5491790, 5491791, 5491788.