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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR

June 28, 20065 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood watch at Jun 28, 2006, 9:43 AM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jun 28, 2006, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2006, 9:43 AM PDT (16:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2006, 4:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2006, 5:25 PM PDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 27, 3:02 PM PDT, 18 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:02 PM PDT, 18 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
302 PM PDT TUE JUN 27 2006

.DISCUSSION...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING IN NORTHERN MODOC COUNTY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AROUND SISKIYOU...MODOC...KLAMATH...AND LAKE
COUNTIES INTO THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IMPLY THAT LOCALLY STRONG DOWNPOURS
ARE POSSIBLE...BUT SUB-CLOUD LAYERS ARE QUITE DRY. A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LIGHTNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SOME AREAS THROUGH THE
EVENING. SOME COOLING INTO WEDS.

CONDITIONS REMAIN SIMILAR WITH A HEAT REPRIEVE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
WITH THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE EAST...A TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST...AND
UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER OUR REGION IN BETWEEN. WILL BE WATCHING
FOR SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY IN THE SW FLOW TO HELP INITIATE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING MAY SEE ENHANCED FORCING FROM A SHORT WAVE
CURRENTLY OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE IS
PROGGED BY BOTH THE EC AND GFS MODELS TO COME IN FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS
MOISTURE VALUES WILL BE HIGH.

RIDGING INTO LATE WEEKEND SHOULD ALLOW FOR WARMING AND LESS ACTIVE
WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EXCEPT ALONG THE
COAST...WHERE MARINE STRATUS LAYER WILL BRING AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS
AND VISIBILITIES BY THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR ROUTES THROUGH NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND EAST OF THE CASCADES IN OREGON THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. SOME LINGERING ISOLATED ACTIVITY POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THRU TNT FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO 0-60 NM.
  ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THRU WEDS NT CAPE BLANCO TO CA BORDER
     0-60 NM.
  ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS THRU WEDS EVE FLORENCE ORE TO
     CAPE BLANCO 0-60 NM.
  ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS THRU WEDS NT CAPE BLANCO ORE TO
     CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
  ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING THROUGH 1AM FOR ZONE 625 IN
     EASTERN OREGON.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS THRU WED NT ORE BORDER TO PT
     ST GEORGE 0-60 NM.
  ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THRU WEDS NT ORE BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE
     0-60 NM.
  ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING THROUGH 1AM FOR ZONES
     280>282...AND 284-285 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

&&
STAVISH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:15 PM PDT, 18 hours 28 minutes before

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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.