Yet another strong cold front brought high winds to the southern Oregon coast and Coast Range.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
Yet another strong cold front brought high winds to the southern Oregon coast and Coast Range.
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 30, 2:23 PM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
223 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
DISCUSSION...THE DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA CONTINUES OFF
SHORE AND ROTATING SEVERAL SYSTEMS INTO THE AREA. THE NEXT ONE IS
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE FOCUS IS AGAIN IN THE
CURRY/JOSEPHINE/SISKIYOU COUNTY AREA. THE MOISTURE SUPPLY FOR THIS
NEXT SYSTEM IS A BIT MORE LIMITED THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY.
IT IS ALSO MOVING ALONG SO TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT WILL BE LIMITED.
GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR CURRY/JOSEPHINE/SISKIYOU COUNTIES...1
TO 2 INCHES FOR OTHER WESTSIDE LOCATIONS AND LESS THAN AN INCH
EAST OF THE CASCADES.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL SEE A BIT OF BREAK...NOT COMPLETELY DRY
BUT AT LEAST NOT STEADY HARD RAIN. THIS RESPITE IS SHORT LIVED
WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM COMING IN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE
MOISTURE SUPPLY AND JET STREAM SUPPORT ARE GREATER FOR THIS FRONT
SO RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER. A 144 KNOT JET PASSES
OVERHEAD HELPING WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WHICH CREATES
VERTICAL MOTION. FLOOD WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED FOR POINTS ON THE
COQUILLE RIVER AS WELL AS THE ROGUE RIVER AT AGNESS. AREAL FLOOD
WATCHES ARE ALSO OUT.
THE NEXT SYSTEM ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY HAS POTENTIAL TO BE
VERY WET OVER A WIDE AREA. IT HAS VERY DEEP MOISTURE ORIGINATING
FROM NEAR HAWAII. IT WON/T HAVE THE JET SUPPORT OF THE SUNDAY
SYSTEM. THE FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE SLOWER SO RAINFALL DURATIONS WILL
INCREASE. ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS SHOWS AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE
LIFT FOCUSED ON THE SOUTH COAST AND NW CALIFORNIA. POTENTIAL
RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM IS 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE FAVORED
CURRY/JOSEPHINE/SISKIYOU COUNTY AREA.
ONCE THIS SYSTEM CLEARS THE AREA WE APPEAR TO HAVE A DRY PERIOD
WITH UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE. JBL
&&
AVIATION...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN IMPROVING CIGS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HOWEVER MTNS REMAIN PARTLY
OBSCURED UNTIL AT LEAST 22Z MAYBE LATER. ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVES AT
THE COAST THIS EVENING WITH CIGS LOWERING TO MVFR WITH OCCASIONAL
IFR. WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE WITH WIND SPEED SHEAR CONCERNS THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR THE COAST AND UMPQUA BASIN. WIND SPEED
SHEAR IS A CLOSE CALL FOR KMFR. IF IT WERE TO DEVELOP IT WOULD
ONLY BE FOR A FEW HOURS. MP
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ORZ021-022.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR ORZ029>031.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ORZ029>031.
CA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR CAZ085.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CAZ084-085.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR CAZ081.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CAZ081.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
343 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 WSW OBRIEN 42.06N 123.73W
11/30/2012 M3.10 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
330PM TO 330 PM.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
406 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 S MCCLOUD 41.22N 122.14W
11/30/2012 M3.10 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
4PM TO 4PM.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
434 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N CAVE JUNCTION 42.19N 123.65W
11/30/2012 M1.94 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
4PM TO 4PM.
0433 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSE MURPHY 42.34N 123.32W
11/30/2012 M1.66 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
430PM TO 430PM.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
438 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW MEDFORD 42.39N 122.92W
11/30/2012 E2.94 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
2.94 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 0600 PST THURSDAY AND 0900
PST FRIDAY. ESTIMATED BECAUSE I SPILLED A LITTLE BIT ON
THE FIRST MEASURING...BUT THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE
REAL VALUE.
&&
STOCKTONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
528 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE SEIAD VALLEY 41.86N 123.16W
11/30/2012 M3.75 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
&&
SPILDEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
546 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 W WILLIAMS 42.22N 123.29W
11/30/2012 M4.09 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
&&
SPILDEThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The NOS/NWLON platform at Port Orford recorded several gusts exceeding 57 mph during this interval. The peak gust was 67 mph at 30/1954 PST.
The RAWS platform at Flynn Prairie recorded several gusts exceeding 57 mph during this interval. The peak gust was 70 mph at 30/2013 PST. The Gold Beach observing platform recorded a gust to 60 mph at 30/2019 PST and a gust to 58 mph at 30/2239 PST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, November 2012
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: 418479, 418480.