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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 21, 2005, 2:34 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 22, 2005, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2005, 2:34 PM PST (22:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2005, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2005, 10:10 PM PST
- In force
- 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 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 21, 1:10 PM PST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 1:10 PM PST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 534 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-221430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 534 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FOR DETAILS SEE THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORZ021-022-221430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 534 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. FOR DETAILS SEE HIGH WIND WARNING. HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. FOR DEATAILS SEE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 21, 12:11 PM PST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 9:01 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 21 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:23 AM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.