A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 23/0331 PST, effective from 23/1300 until 23/2200 PST. It expired at 23/2200 PST.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 23/0331 PST, effective from 23/1300 until 23/2200 PST. It expired at 23/2200 PST. The above observations verified the warning, it appears that the strong winds began about 2 hours before the warning went into effect.
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 23, 8:45 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 845 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006 .DISCUSSION...WINDS ARE RAMPING UP THIS MORNING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE REGION. ISSUED WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ROGUE VALLEY WITH A 7.5 MB GRADIENT OBSERVED BETWEEN MEDFORD AND REDDING. WINDS AT WEED ARE ALREADY 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. EXPECT THAT TREND TO CONTINUE TODAY AS THE SURFACE FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE COAST WITH HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTAL HEADLANDS AND OTHER AREAS PRONE TO SOUTHERLY WINDS LIKE GOLD BEACH. UPSLOPE PRECIP WILL DEVELOP IN THE SHASTA AREA TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT TO 5000 FEET WITH BEST ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL ABOVE PASS LEVELS. FRIDAY THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD HOVER NEAR 4500 FEET WITH CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW AND JET ENERGY FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SNOW ADVISORY EVENT. PRECIP IN SW OREGON VALLEYS SHOULD BE SLIM TO NONE TODAY DUE TO DOWNSLOPING WIND EFFECTS. RAIN WILL BE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE COAST MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DOWNSLOPE WILL CONTINUE TO HINDER RAIN IN THE VALLEY AREAS THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND. SHIFT IN WIND DIRECTION AND SHORT WAVE ENERGY ALOFT WILL ALLOW RAIN TO GET GOING FOR MOST AREAS WEST OF THE CASCADES AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRONTAL ZONE REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WITH JET ENERGY ALOFT FOR CONTINUED HIGH POPS WEST...LOWER EAST OF THE CASCADES. A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW FOLLOWS FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY WHICH SHOULD BUMP THE WINDS UP AGAIN. NOT MUCH COLD AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SNOW LEVELS WILL STAY ABOVE 5000 FT. PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM TAPERS OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR A PERIOD OF MAINLY DRY WEATHER. NEXT SHORT WAVE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY TIME FRAME FOLLOWED BY DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING OVER THE REGION WILL SLOWLY DETERIORATE EASTWARD AS A LARGE OFFSHORE LOW PRESSURE CENTER SLOWLY DRIFTS INLAND. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS MOST LOCATIONS. MOUNTAINS BECOMING OBSCURED AS CEILINGS LOWER THROUGH THE PERIOD PROGRESSIVELY INLAND. && WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...HIGH WIND WARNING SOUTH OR COAST THIS AFTN/EVE. ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WRNG THRU SAT FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM. ...GALE WRNG THRU LATE TNGT FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM. ...WIND ADVISORY ROGUE VALLEY THRU 10 PM. CA...HAZARDOUS SEAS WRNG THRU SAT OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM. ...GALE WARNING THRU LATE TNGT OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM. ...WIND ADVISORY SHASTA VALLEY THRU 4 AM FRI. ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 643 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006 PZZ350-356-370-376-241443- CAPE BLANCO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO FLORENCE, 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- 643 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY MAJOR CUTOFF LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL CREATE TURBULENT SEAS PROMPTING A NEED FOR A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL WATERS. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURING OVER THE WATERS PRESENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND CAZ081-ORZ021-022-241443- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY COAST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 643 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY THE CUTOFF LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL SEND A STRONG COLD FRONT INLAND INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS...PROMPTING A HIGH WIND WARNING ALONG THE COAST AND A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY LATER TODAY... .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ080-082-083-241443- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 643 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP IN THE SHASTA AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS STARTING AT 6500 LOWERING TO 5000 FEET...BEST ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ABOVE THE PASSES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SNOW ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TO AROUND 4500 FEET FRIDAY WITH A CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW...ACCUMULATIONS MAY PROMPT A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SHASTA REGION CAZ084-085-ORZ023>031-241443- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- MODOC COUNTY-NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 643 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BUNKER/BERTEAU
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
957 AM PST THU MAR 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0957 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E KLAMATH FALLS 42.23N 121.72W
03/23/2006 E0 MPH KLAMATH OR TRAINED SPOTTER
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH.
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GLASERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Recorded at Gold Beach.
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Recorded at Cape Arago.
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Recorded at Gold Beach.
Recorded at Cape Arago.
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, March 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: 5495433, 5495434, 5495431, 5495435, 5495436, 5495432, 5495437.