Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Watches in 2006
High Wind Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:14 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 30 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:34 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 43 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:37 PM PST | Snow Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 24 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Oregon, 2006Every high wind watch in 2006
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.