Alert archive / Oregon / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1999, 4:50 PM PDT for Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 19, 1999, 4:50 PM PDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1999, 5:25 PM PDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Jul 19, 2:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT MON JUL 19 1999 UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST...SOUTHERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND INCREASING MOISTURE COMBINE TO MAKE THE POD WHERE...WHEN...AND HOW MANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. GOES LIS CURRENTLY VERIFYING ETA MODEL SOUNDING LIS OVER THE STATE AND PATTERN STILL LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. INITIAL STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SISKIYOU COUNTY AND ADVECT NORTHWARD. THINKING FROM FIRE WEATHER VIEWPOINT REMAINS THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL NOT RESULT IN MUCH PRECIP SO THE RISK OF DRY LIGHTNING WARRANTS CONTINUING THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. SIERCHIO. .MFR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SOUTHWESTERN/SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON MFR BU 058/084 057/085 058 132221 LMT BU 048/075 046/076 051 133321 RBG BB 057/077 056/078 057 132221 4BK BB 052/067 053/068 054 131222 OTH BB 053/065 054/066 055 131222 YKA BU 058/084 057/085 058 132321 MHS BU 048/074 046/076 051 133321 AAT BU 045/078 042/079 047 132111
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Douglas | 20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.