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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1996, 5:25 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1996, 5:25 PM PDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 7:25 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Siskiyou County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 140026 FFWMFR CAC093-140225- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 525 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 725 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ...SOUTHWESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MEDFORD OREGON HAS SHOWN CONTINUOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN SOUTHWESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS ALONG THE SALMON RIVER. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY UNTIL SUNSET. PERSONS AND RECREATION INTERESTS ALONG THE SALMON RIVER FROM SOMES BAR TO CECILVILLE...AND UPSTREAM FROM CECILVILLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING LEVELS OF STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH FEED INTO THEB SALMON RIVER. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING THREATENING AND RAINY WEATHER SITUATION. VAN TRESS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 13, 4:56 PM PDT, 29 minutes before
ORZ005-009-013-CAZ007-008-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 447 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 1996 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO SOUTHERN OREGON. AT 440 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM SOMES BAR TO CECILVILLE...ALONG THE SALMON RIVER. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...AND MAY CAUSE STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY EAST OF YREKA TO NEAR TENNANT...EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN MODOC COUNTY NEAR ADIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES IN OREGON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST...AND SOME STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY CAUSING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. OUTDOOR RECREATION INTERESTS ALONG THE SALMON RIVER FROM SOMES BAR TO CECILVILLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS FEEDING INTO THE SALMON RIVER. RC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 2:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFR | Modoc | 65 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.