Alert archive / Oregon / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 6:15 PM PDT for Jackson County, Oregon. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1995, 6:15 PM PDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, OR
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMFR 220115 RRA SVRMFR ORC029-220145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 615 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST OREGON ...CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY AT 615 PM A SPOTTER IN MEDFORD OREGON REPORT 1 INCH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS STATIONARY OVER THE CITY OF MEDFORD. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF THE ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. GETTMAN WSO MEDFORD
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
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 12:31 PM PDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
ORC029-033-035-037-212330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1231 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ... THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN OREGON ... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON HAS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...INCREASING IN INTENSITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. BE AWARE OF CHANGING CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA. CONSULT NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. GETTMAN WSO MEDFORD
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 12:32 PM PDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
ORC029-033-035-037-212330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1231 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ... THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN OREGON ... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON HAS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...INCREASING IN INTENSITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. BE AWARE OF CHANGING CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA. CONSULT NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. GETTMAN WSO MEDFORD
Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:50 PM PDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
450 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME (PDT) CITY LOCATION EVENT/REMARKS
COUNTY/SPOTTER
430 PM MT SEXTON 3/4 INCH HAIL
END
CRAWFORDLocal storm report, Jul 21, 4:52 PM PDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
450 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME (PDT) CITY LOCATION EVENT/REMARKS
COUNTY/SPOTTER
430 PM MT SEXTON 3/4 INCH HAIL
END
CRAWFORDLocal storm report, Jul 21, 5:58 PM PDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
600 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME (PDT) CITY LOCATION EVENT/REMARKS
COUNTY/SPOTTER
545 PM WIMER HEAVY RAIN...1/4 INCH HAIL
STORM HAS NOW ENDED
555 PM SAMS VALLEY .75 INCH OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES...STORM NOW OVER
END
CRAWFORDLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:00 PM PDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
600 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME (PDT) CITY LOCATION EVENT/REMARKS
COUNTY/SPOTTER
545 PM WIMER HEAVY RAIN...1/4 INCH HAIL
STORM HAS NOW ENDED
555 PM SAMS VALLEY .75 INCH OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES...STORM NOW OVER
END
CRAWFORDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:24 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Josephine | 36 min |
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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.