An incoming front brought high winds to the coast and some inland locations on this date.
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An incoming front brought high winds to the coast and some inland locations on this date.
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 Oct 22, 10:34 AM PST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1134 AM PDT WED OCT 22 2014
.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS
MORNING. SOUTH WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE CURRENT WIND
ADVISORY LOOK REASONABLE. THE LATEST MODEL RUN SHOWS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENTS PEAKING TONIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WE MAY HAVE TO
EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE RAIN
THIS MORNING WILL BE CONFINED TO COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES WITH
LIGHT RAIN SPREADING INTO THE ILLINOIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.
UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BRING RAIN TO THE CASCADES THROUGHOUT TODAY BUT
AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT WITH HIGH SNOW LEVEL. DOWNSLOPING WILL KEEP
RAIN OUT OF THE ROGUE VALLEY AND WE MAY NOT SEE RAIN HERE IN
MEDFORD UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EVEN THURSDAY MORNING. WESTERN
QUARTER OF SISKIYOU COUNTY COULD SEE RAIN THIS EVENING BUT THE
REST OF THE COUNTY AS WELL AS AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES MAY NOT
SEE RAIN UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. /FB
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 22/18Z TAF CYCLE...
A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARD THE COAST TODAY WITH
INCREASING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS AND THOSE
THAT CHANNEL WINDS FROM THAT DIRECTION. LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE IS
LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
FOR AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST RANGE THIS WIND WILL REMAIN A FEW
THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE RESULTING IN A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR
LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR, TO INCLUDE AT KOTH, WHERE THE SURFACE WINDS
WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK AND OF A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN
ALOFT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS ARE UNLIKELY TO REACH THE SURFACE UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES
ONSHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS
TODAY IN LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST RANGE. RAIN
WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING, WITH IFR EXPECTED AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE THIS EVENING
AND FOR A PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL TERRAIN OBSCURATION IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST RANGE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
INLAND, VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY EAST OF
INTERSTATE FIVE. MVFR CIGS AND TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS WILL INCREASE
ALONG AND WEST OF THE CASCADES THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. BTL
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 1130 AM PDT WED 22 OCT 2014...
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THE
NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST OF SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO
PASS THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY, PRODUCING GALES AND VERY
STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL
DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING, SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED
AND STEEP AS MODERATE SWELL CONTINUES. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS
ON THURSDAY, ANOTHER STRONG FRONT WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY, PRODUCING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS
AND CHOPPY, STEEP SEAS. MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF A BIT ON TIMING
AND STRENGTH OF THIS SECOND SYSTEM, SO THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. SUSPECT THAT THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE GALES,
BUT OVERALL STRENGTH OF THE WINDS AND HEIGHT OF THE SEAS WILL BE
LESS THAN TODAY'S EVENT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND, AND AFTER ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF CALMER
WINDS AND SEAS, ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
BTL/BPN
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 100 AM PDT WED OCT 22 2014/
DISCUSSION...22/00Z NAM/GFS IN.
CURRENTLY THERE IS LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA FROM THE
CASCADES WEST AND SISKIYOUS NORTH. AMOUNTS IN THE PAST SIX HOURS
HAVE BEEN 0.10 INCHES OR LESS...EXCEPT FOR THE BALD MOUNTAIN RAWS
WITH 0.12 INCHES. WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG THE SOUTH
COAST AND CAPE BLANCO REPORTED A PEAK WIND OF 51 MPH. INLAND...THE
HIGHEST GUST IS 48 MPH AT SQUAW PEAK...WHICH IS BY FAR THE
WINDIEST INLAND LOCATION AT THIS TIME.
THE PROGRESSIVE WET PATTERN CONTINUES FOR THE MEDFORD CWA WITH
MULTIPLE FRONTS MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
AN OFFSHORE LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE COAST...
BRINGING INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SHORT WAVES EJECTING
FROM THE TROUGH WILL PUSH A FRONT ONSHORE WEDNESDAY...BUT THIS
FRONT WILL STALL AS IT BECOMES PARALLEL TO THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW.
WAVES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH ALOFT.
THEREFORE...THE FRONT WILL REMAIN ACTIVE BUT IT WILL BE VERY SLOW
TO PROGRESS. IT WILL FINALLY MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS INLAND
THURSDAY...BUT IT WILL WEAKEN AS IT DOES SO AS THE BEST UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM ARE AROUND 3
TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS WEST
OF THE CASCADES WILL BE AROUND 0.5 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE UMPQUA VALLEY. EAST OF THE
CASCADES...AMOUNTS WILL BE 0.10 TO 0.75 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND LOWEST AMOUNTS OVER MODOC
AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTIES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE ALL BUT
THE HIGHEST PEAKS.
AS FAR AS WINDS GO...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF
THE CASCADES AROUND SUMMER LAKE AND IN THE SHASTA VALLEYS. WIND
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS.
THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION AT
THAT TIME.
THE MODELS LAST NIGHT PUT THE LONG WAVE TROUGH ONSHORE FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE MORE RECENT RUNS KEEP IT OFFSHORE UNTIL SATURDAY WITH A
SPLIT FLOW PATTERN SETTING UP. THIS WILL DELAY THE NEXT COLD FRONT
UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER WITH LOTS OF SHOWERS.
LONG TERM DISCUSSION FROM THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFD...SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 25TH THROUGH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ALONG
WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, AN ACTIVE SOUTHWEST FLOW STORM TRACK WILL PERSIST
OVER THE THE FORECAST ARE THROUGH THE PERIOD. FRIDAY NIGHT SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE AROUND 990 MILLIBARS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INSIDE OF 130
WEST LONGITUDE AND THEN WILL MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE OLYMPIC
PENINSULA IN WESTERN WASHINGTON OR VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH
COLUMBIA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE NEAR 1.25 INCHES AS THIS
SYSTEM ARRIVES AT OUR COASTLINE. WITH THE LOW CENTERED WELL NORTH OF
THE AREA, THE LOW LEVEL WIND TRAJECTORY WITH THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM
WILL BE PREDOMINATELY FROM THE SOUTH. THIS MEANS THAT COASTAL
MOUNTAINS WESTWARD AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STAND TO SEE THE MOST
PRECIPITATION FROM THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THE COLD
FRONT FROM IT WILL REMAIN INTACT INTO AT LEAST THE CASCADES.
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY LOOKS TO BE A MILD REPRIEVE IN THE WET WEATHER AS
TRANSIENT HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA AND THEN
DEPARTS. THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM, WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE REMNANTS OF
HURRICANE ANA, WHICH RECENTLY AFFECTED HAWAII, IS DUE IN WITH MORE
WIND AND RAIN LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. BTL
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR ORZ031.
CA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR CAZ081.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR
PZZ356.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
- GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ356-376.
- HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ350-370.
- GALE WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ350-370.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM
PDT THURSDAY FOR PZZ376.
FJB/BTLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The ODOT sensor at Humbug Mountain recorded numerous gusts exceeding 57 mph during this interval. The peak gust was 75 mph at 22/1632 PST.
A member of the public reported wind gusts estimated at 50-60 mph downed several trees in the Dark Hollow area southwest of Medford. The tops of two large healthy trees were broken, one an oak and the other a poplar. No property damage. The high winds lasted around 45 minutes.
The RAWS sensor at Squaw Peak recorded a gust to 79 mph at 22/2139 PST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, October 2014
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: 543120, 543122, 543121.