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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR

August 1, 1999Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1999, 4:35 PM PDT for Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1999, 4:35 PM PDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1999, 5:35 PM PDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Area
Whole counties

County Lake County, OR

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 1999-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 
TTAA00 KMFR 012337
SVRMFR
ORC037-020135-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
435 PM PDT SUN AUG 1 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON

* UNTIL 535 PM PDT

* AT 430 PM PDT... MEDFORD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 90 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKEVIEW OR NEAR FORT ROCK...
  MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

STOCKTON

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.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 2:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PDT SUN AUG 01 1999

OFF SHORE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN INTO THE
NEAR FUTURE WITHOUT HUGE CHANGES TO WEATHER WE HAVE BEEN HAVING.
MODEL SOLUTIONS SEEM FAIRLY REASONABLE...THE CWA WILL PRETTY MUCH
REMAIN UNDER A SOUTHERLY FLOW WITHOUT A LOT OF MOISTURE.  CONVECTION
SEEMS A LITTLE MORE LIKELY LATER IN THE WEEK IF THE SOMEWHAT MORE
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW THE PROGS WOULD ADVERTISE COMES ABOUT.  APPEARS
TO BE A FEW RIPPLES ROTATING AROUND THE OFF SHORE LOW AND ONE OF
THESE MAY BE WHAT IS KICKING OFF SOME CONVECTION IN SOUTH CENTRAL ORE
THIS AFTERNOON.  FEATURE MOVING THROUGH CALIF APPEARS TO BE ON A
TRACK INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN AND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY
NOT AFFECT CWA UNLESS IT TURNS MORE NORTHWARD.                    BG

.MFR...NONE.

MFR UU 058/092 059/092 058 040000
LMT UU 049/085 050/085 049 041000
RBG BB 056/084 056/085 056 040000
4BK EE 054/060 055/060 054 04----
OTH EE 054/063 055/062 054 04----
YKA UU 053/094 053/091 053 040000
MHS UU 049/085 050/085 050 040000
AAT UU 045/087 045/088 045 040000

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.