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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

July 19, 1995Coos County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1995, 2:38 PM PDT for Coos County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1995, 2:38 PM PDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1995, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coos County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 1995-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 689 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 1995-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMFR 192142
SVRMFR
ORC011-019-192245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
238 PM PDT WED JUL 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OREGON
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL COOS COUNTY...WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSEBURG OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COOS BAY. THIS
STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL...
AND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER
INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEAR AVOID
USING THE PHONE, EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. IF OUTSIDE DO NOT STAND
BENEATH A NATURAL LIGHTNING ROD SUCH AS A TALL ISOLATED TREE.
 
ROGER GERIG
WSO MEDFORD OREGON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:13 AM PDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KLAMATH FALLS OR
900 AM PDT WED JULY 19 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION
FROM 430 PM AND 530 PM TUESDAY EVENING THE 18TH IN THE ROCKY
POINT AREA AT THE NORTHEND KLAMATH LAKE. LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH
AND A QUARTER WAS REPORTED FROM THE ROCKY POINT MARNIA AND PYRAMID
MOTEL. ALSO SOME TREES/LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN ON ROCKY POINT RD.

MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR COLLIER PARK NORTH
OF CHILOQUIN AROUND 5 PM.

END/JFR
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:42 PM PDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
ORC019-029-033-035-037-200345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1242 PM PDT WED JUL 19 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON...

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THIS
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM.  THE LIGHTNING DETECTION
SYSTEM IS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. IF ONE OF THESE STORMS COMES YOUR
WAY BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION.

PERSONS TRAVELING...WORKING..OR DOING YOUR FAVORITE RECREATION SHOULD BE
AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS AND
PERSONS SHOULD AVOID BECOMING A LIGHTNING ROD BE BEING THE HIGHEST POINT
ON THE HORIZON AND NEAR AN OBJECT THAT IS THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE
HORIZON.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED OR A WARNING ISSUED AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

ROGER GERIG
WSO MEDFORD OREGON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 4:12 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningMFRDouglas48 min
Jul 19, 4:57 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningMFRDouglas48 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.