Alert archive / Oregon / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:57 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 48 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.