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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR

December 12, 2006Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 12, 2006, 3:36 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 14, 2006, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2006, 3:36 PM PST (23:36 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 13, 2006, 9:40 AM 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 23:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2006-12-12Temperature 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 2006-12-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS76 KMFR 122336
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
336 PM PST TUE DEC 12 2006

ORZ021-022-131145-
/O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0021.061215T0000Z-061215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0030.061213T0600Z-061213T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...
COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH
336 PM PST TUE DEC 12 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES ONSHORE LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25
TO 45 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES ONSHORE LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

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.

$$
SVEN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 131116
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
316 AM PST WED DEC 13 2006

ORZ021-022-131800-
/O.EXT.KMFR.HW.A.0021.061214T1200Z-061215T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-061213T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...
COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH
316 AM PST WED DEC 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE NOW OCCURRING.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES ONSHORE
LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

STOCKTON
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 131740
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
940 AM PST WED DEC 13 2006

ORZ021-022-140145-
/O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-061213T1800Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0021.061214T1200Z-061215T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0031.061214T1200Z-061215T0900Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...
COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH
940 AM PST WED DEC 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST
FRIDAY. THE PREVIOUS HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 70 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES ONSHORE LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

PETRUCELLI/SVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 3:14 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas30 hr
Dec 12, 3:34 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas43 hr
Dec 12, 3:37 PM PSTSnow AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake24 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.