Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

Issued

Jun 13, 2002, 7:23 PM PDT (02:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2002, 8:15 PM PDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Medford, OR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Klamath County, OR

The Medford radar (KMAX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS56 KMFR 140223
SVRMFR
ORC035-140315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
723 PM PDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KLAMATH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON

* UNTIL 815 PM PDT

* AT 716 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL KLAMATH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 64
  MILES NORTH OF KLAMATH FALLS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY AT 730 PM PDT
  OVER RURAL NORTHWESTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AT 750 PM PDT

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LARGE HAIL OF 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN 
A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MEDFORD.

LAT...LON 4304 12184 4317 12166 4337 12191 4327 12196
          4318 12203
$$
SVEN

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:20 PM PDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PDT THU JUN 13 2002

ETA THIS MORNING WAS ACCURATE WITH CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING IN LINE
WITH THE 700 MB THETA-E RIDGE EAST OF THE CASCADES. AVAILABLE
MOISTURE IS STILL THE LIMITING FACTOR WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
LAPSE RATES ARE VERY STEEP AND AREA IS ALSO STILL AWAITING ADDITIONAL
LIFT FROM THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHORTWAVE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
DESPITE CURRENT LACK OF CLOUDS...HAVE LEFT A 10% POP IN FOR MT
SHASTA...MEDFORD AND DOUGLAS COUNTY AS MAY SEE DEVELOPMENT AS THE
UPPER LOW NEAR 40N 130W MOVES TOWARD THE OREGON COAST. FOCUS OF
ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS KLAMATH...LAKE AND
MODOC COUNTIES. AFTER 10 PM INSTABILITY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST
WITH A CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE EAST SIDE BUT
MAINLY FOR LAKE COUNTY.

ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND THE REGION WILL REMAIN BETWEEN AN UPPER
LOW OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST AND THE RIDGE OVER IDAHO. WILL SEE
SOME CUMULUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS BUT TOO MUCH OF A LOW LEVEL CAP FOR
ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WITH ONSHORE FLOW WILL HAVE COOL AND
CLOUDY COASTAL CONDITIONS. WILL BE SUNNY AND COOLER INLAND WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL.

FLOW WILL SHIFT TO ZONAL ON MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST TO THE
B.C. COAST. WILL INCREASE CLOUDS A BIT FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND ADD A
CHANCE OF RAIN FOR NORTH BEND AND ROSEBURG MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
TUESDAY AS AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES EAST.  EXTENDED MODEL
SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES INTO
THE GULF OF ALASKA. MAY HAVE ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF
COASTAL RAIN AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ELSEWHERE AS OPERATIONAL MRF NOT
SHOWING AS MUCH DEEPENING WITH THIS TROUGH COMPARED WITH EURO AND
ENSEMBLE MEANS.  DW

.MFR...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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