Clear skies combined with a cold air mass to bring freezing temperatures to portions of the south Oregon coast.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
Clear skies combined with a cold air mass to bring freezing temperatures to portions of the south Oregon coast.
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 Jan 3, 2:29 PM PST, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1021 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011 ORZ021-041700- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 1021 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE LATEST WATCH MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED. ORZ023-024-026-029>031-041700- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1021 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE LATEST ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED. OTTENWELLER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Reported low temperatures ranged from 29 to 34 degrees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 2011
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: 266480.