Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Dec 20, 2005, 9:01 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 21, 2005, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr. 6 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
- Dec 20, 2005, 9:01 PM PST (05:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2005, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2005, 5:41 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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 05:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 12:09 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Bandon, OR | SPOTTER REPORTED 51 MPH WINDS AT 1116 AM PST. NO WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. |
| Dec 21, 12:09 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.26 | N Langlois, OR | 12 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 PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.2 | N Gold Beach, OR | 6 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 1245 PM TODAY. CONTINUES TO RAIN, EVERYTHING VERY SOGGY. |
| Dec 21, 5:12 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.4 | 1 N Coos Bay, OR | 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 4 PM PST. |
| Dec 21, 5:12 PM PST | AVALANCHE | 5 E Port Orford, OR | TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1.62 INCHES FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST. |
| Dec 21, 5:51 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.4 | N Langlois, OR | 12 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 00:00Z, 5.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KMFR 210501 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 901 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ORZ021-022-211215- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0004.051221T1800Z-051222T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0009.051221T1800Z-051222T0200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 901 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH AROUND 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. $$ FB
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KMFR 211027 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 227 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ORZ021-022-211830- /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.W.0009.051221T1600Z-051222T0200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 227 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST TODAY. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH AROUND 8 AM PST THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS76 KMFR 211823 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1023 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ORZ021-022-220200- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051222T0200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1023 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST TODAY. SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE NOW OCCURRING... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE THIS EVENING. 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. $$ CAZ081-220200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.051221T1823Z-051222T0200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1023 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR WEED. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ STOCKTON
000 WWUS76 KMFR 212234 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 234 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ORZ021-022-220200- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0005.051222T1400Z-051223T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051222T0200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 234 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING ONSHORE AND ANOTHER ONE WILL MOVE IN THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE NOW OCCURRING... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE THIS EVENING...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ CAZ081-220200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051222T0200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 234 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE NOW OCCURRING...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR WEED. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ STOCKTON
000 WWUS76 KMFR 220141 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 541 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ORZ021-022-220345- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051222T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0005.051222T1400Z-051223T0200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 541 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND CURRY COUNTY COAST FOR TODAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT HAS NOW MOVED ONSHORE AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST AGAIN ON THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ CAZ081-220245- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051222T0200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 541 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVED EAST INTO MODOC COUNTY. AS THE RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING AND COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS TO THE SHASTA VALLEY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2:34 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 8 hr |
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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.