Oregon, 2007

High Wind in Oregon, November 17, 2007

November 17, 2007 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An incoming cold front brought high winds to portions of the Southern Oregon coast. A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 17/0340 PST, effective from 17/0340 PST until 17/1300 PST.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.

An incoming cold front brought high winds to portions of the Southern Oregon coast. A High Wind Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022 at 17/0340 PST, effective from 17/0340 PST until 17/1300 PST. It was cancelled at 17/0948 PST. The warning verified at one point in ORZ022.

What forecasters said that day

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 16, 8:00 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 8:00 PM PST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
800 PM PST FRI NOV 16 2007

.DISCUSSION...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS CAN BE SEEN ON RADAR WHILE SATELLITE SHOWS THE
FAST WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES ABOVE THE SLOW MOVING FRONT. NO NEED
TO MODIFY THE ALREADY WET FORECAST.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...A WET PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST
REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT STRETCHES SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES
OFF THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT KEEPING THE FRONT FAIRLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A
SERIES OF WAVES MOVE ALONG THE FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO
SHIFT SOUTHWARD SUNDAY EVENING AND SHOULD BE NEAR REDDING CALIFORNIA
BY MID MONDAY MORNING. AS FAR AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS THE OROGRAPHICALLY
FAVORED LOCATIONS OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON AND ALONG THE CASCADES
SHOULD SEE THE GREATEST TOTALS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION
WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY BEHIND THE FRONT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN TO LOWER SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN
REALLY TAKE A DIVE TO BELOW PASS LEVEL SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS POINT
THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PATTERN FOR POSSIBLE
SNOW ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...STRONG RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH
THE PERIOD WITH A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING. AT THE
SURFACE A FAIRLY STRONG HIGH DEVELOPS OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH
LOWER SURFACE PRESSURE ALONG THE COAST SETTING UP A LOW LEVEL
OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN.

&&

.AVIATION...A MIX OF MVFR AND VFR CONDITIONS WEST OF THE CASCADES
OVERNIGHT. LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST.
EAST OF THE CASCADES...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY
FOR PZZ356-PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR PZZ350-PZZ356-PZZ370-PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR PZZ350-PZZ356-PZZ370-PZZ376.

RH/MS/MJ/MO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 10:14 PM PST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1014 PM PST FRI NOV 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HEAVY RAIN       6 ESE COOS BAY          43.33N 124.12W
11/16/2007  M1.62 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            12 HOUR TOTAL 9PM PST THURSDAY TO 9PM PST FRIDAY. LOCATED
            ALONG THE COOS RIVER.

&&

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Curry County Coast

When
November 17, 1:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
Where
Curry County Coast forecast zone
Measured
63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ODOT sensor on US101 at Humbug Mountain recorded wind gusts exceeding 57 mph continuously from 17/0104 until 17/0204 PST. The peak gust was 73 mph at 17/0104 PST. Humbug Mountain also recorded peak gusts of 60 mph at 17/0509, 58 mph at 17/0919, and 59 mph at 17/1149 PST.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 60241.