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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR

November 28, 2005Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Nov 28, 2005, 11:58 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 23 days. 33 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2005, 11:58 AM PST (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 2005, 10:10 PM PST
In force
23 days
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 28, 2:37 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 W Bandon, ORWIND GUSTS TO 54 MPH, NO DAMAGE.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 05 Nnw Brookings, OR7AM-7AM.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.158 Se Myrtle Point, OR5PM-9AM.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.418 S Roseburg, OR8PM-8AM. NEW SPOTTER. NO NUMBER ASSIGNED YET.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.472 Se Roseburg, OR7AM-7AM.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.53 E Sixes, OR7AM-7AM.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.61 N Roseburg, OR8AM-8AM.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.684 Ne Gold Beach, OR24 HOURS ENDING AT 7AM.
Dec 1, 8:56 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.773 Ne Gold Beach, OR8AM-8AM.
Dec 1, 9:00 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 2.956 Ese Nesika Beach, ORPAST 17 HRS ENDING AT 9 AM.
Dec 1, 10:29 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.93N Azalea, OR10AM-10AM. WET SNOW OVERNIGHT.
Dec 1, 5:00 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.488 Se Myrtle Point, ORPAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 5 PM.
Dec 18, 8:20 AM PSTFREEZING RAIN 0.255 S Roseburg, ORROBERTS MT 1 MILES EAST OF I5. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS BETWEEN MP86 AND MP130 ALONG I5.
Dec 18, 8:26 AM PSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Roseburg, ORMANY ACCIDENTS.
Dec 18, 9:13 AM PSTFREEZING RAIN 0.24 N Roseburg, ORINTERSTATE 5 CLOES MP 124 TO 138.
Dec 19, 12:00 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 2.765 Nnw Brookings, ORAT CAPE FERRELO. 2.76 INCHES RAINFALL PAST 12 HRS.
Dec 19, 5:19 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 W Bandon, ORWIND GUST TO 54 MPH BETWEEN 4 AM AND 439 AM THIS MORNING. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Dec 19, 5:19 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.854 Ne Gold Beach, OR24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 5 AM.
Dec 19, 7:00 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 2.253 E Sixes, ORPAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 7 AM. PEAK WIND SPEED 53 MPH AT 6 AM.
Dec 19, 8:00 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.813 Ne Gold Beach, ORPAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 8 AM.
Dec 19, 11:30 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1N Gold Beach, ORPAST 5 HRS ENDING AT 1130 AM.1.95 INCHES RAINFALL 630 TO 630 AM 24 HRS. PEAK GUST 49 MPH AT 849 PM.
Dec 19, 3:00 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 2.121 Nne Scottsburg, ORPAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 3 PM.
Dec 19, 4:00 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 2.821 N Coos Bay, ORPAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 4 PM.
Dec 19, 4:00 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 2.851 N Coos Bay, ORPAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 4 PM.
Dec 20, 5:28 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG8 Nne Coos Bay, ORWIND GUST ESTIMATED AT 40 MPH. NO DAMAGE.
Dec 20, 5:28 AM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.724 Ne Gold Beach, OR24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 5 AM.
Dec 20, 8:17 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Se Brookings, ORGUSTS TO 56 MPH AT 800AM. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Dec 21, 12:09 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 W Bandon, ORSPOTTER REPORTED 51 MPH WINDS AT 1116 AM PST. NO WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
Dec 21, 12:09 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.26N Langlois, OR12 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 1200 NOON TODAY. 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 1.67 ALSO ENDING AT NOON TODAY.
Dec 21, 12:52 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.2N Gold Beach, OR6 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 1245 PM TODAY. CONTINUES TO RAIN, EVERYTHING VERY SOGGY.
Dec 21, 5:12 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.41 N Coos Bay, OR24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 4 PM PST.
Dec 21, 5:12 PM PSTAVALANCHE5 E Port Orford, ORTOTAL RAINFALL OF 1.62 INCHES FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST.
Dec 21, 5:51 PM PSTHEAVY RAIN 1.4N Langlois, OR12 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 6 PM PST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2005-11-28Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS76 KMFR 281958
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1158 AM PST MON NOV 28 2005

ORZ021-022-282300-
/O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0005.051128T1958Z-051128T2300Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...
COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH
1158 AM PST MON NOV 28 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS HAVE RISEN ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN OREGON WITH GUSTS OF
65 MPH BEING REPORTED AT GOLD BEACH. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTH
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD COME ASHORE
AROUND MID AFTERNOON...WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND
GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DECREASE TO 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE EVENING BEFORE SWINGING TO
THE NORTHWEST.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

CAZ081-290400-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051129T0400Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED
1158 AM PST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE RISEN TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH NEAR WEED IN
THE SHASTA VALLEY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNING TO
35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. A
STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE AREA WILL RAPIDLY MOVE THROUGH...FOLLOWED BY
DECREASING WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS IN THE SHASTA
VALLEY THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 10 TO
20 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 8:56 AM PSTSnow AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more11 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.