Oregon, 2009Frost and Freeze in Oregon, December 8 to 9, 2009
December 8 to 9, 2009 · NWS MFR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Another night of freezing temperatures across the Oregon coast in association with a modified Arctic air mass.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Another night of freezing temperatures across the Oregon coast in association with a modified Arctic air mass.
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 Dec 8, 3:06 PM PST, 7 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:06 PM PST, 7 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:51 AM PST, 17 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
551 AM PST TUE DEC 8 2009
ORZ021-022-091700-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
551 AM PST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
OREGON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM PST THIS MORNING.
PLEASE SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A FREEZE
WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 11 PM PST THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE FREEZE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
Frost/Freeze, South Central Oregon Coast
- When
- December 8, 11:00 PM PST to December 9, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- South Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.979, -123.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures ranged from 14 to 22 degrees.
Frost/Freeze, Curry County Coast
- When
- December 8, 11:00 PM PST to December 9, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Curry County Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures ranged from 25 to 31 degrees.
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Cold in Illinois, December 8 to 9, 20092 deaths · 1 event
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 8, 20091 death · $85,000 · 3 events
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Texas, December 8, 20091 death · 2 injured · 61 kt wind · 18 events
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 20091 death · 1 injured · 11 events
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2009$2.5 million · 49 events
- High Surf in California, December 8 to 9, 20091 death · 1 event
- Flood in Kentucky, December 8 to 9, 20091 death · $10,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 8, 20092 injured · $6.0 million · 101 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Alabama, December 8 to 9, 2009$1.8 million · 61 kt wind · 32 events
- High Wind in Texas, December 8, 2009$2.2 million · 69 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, December 8 to 9, 2009$470,000 · 88 kt wind · 33 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 8, 2009$591,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
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: 198590, 198591.