A colder air mass settled over southern Oregon during the last week of September 2008. Mostly clear skies allowed cold low temperatures to develop during several nights in this interval.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A colder air mass settled over southern Oregon during the last week of September 2008. Mostly clear skies allowed cold low temperatures to develop during several nights in this interval. A Freeze Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ029/030/031 at 26/1506 PDT, effective from 27/0200 until 27/0900 PDT. The warning expired at 27/0900 PDT.
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 Sep 26, 7:30 PM PST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Reported low temperatures ranged from 32 to 36 degrees.
Reported low temperatures ranged from 19 to 40 degrees.
Reported low temperatures ranged from 25 to 39 degrees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 2008
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 129195, 129196, 129197.