Alert archive / Oregon / Snow Advisories in 2006
Snow Advisory 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this snow advisory at Mar 27, 2006, 2:14 PM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 28, 2006, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2006, 2:14 PM PST (22:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2006, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2006, 2:16 AM PST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Curry County, OR, Josephine County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KMFR 272214 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 214 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM HEADING FOR SISKIYOU COUNTY... CAZ080-082-280615- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0011.060328T0200Z-060329T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW... MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 214 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING ABOVE 4500 FEET. 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 3500 FEET EARLY TUESDAY...AND ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 3000 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ORZ024-280615- /O.NEW.KMFR.SN.Y.0021.060328T0800Z-060328T1600Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 214 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 2000 FEET...LOCALLY DROPPING TO NEAR 1500 FEET IN THE ILLINOIS VALLEY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FB/MJ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KMFR 280552 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 952 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM HEADING FOR SISKIYOU COUNTY... CAZ080-082-281400- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060329T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW... MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 952 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING ABOVE 4500 FEET. 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 3500 FEET EARLY TUESDAY...AND ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 3000 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ORZ024-281400- /O.CON.KMFR.SN.Y.0021.060328T0800Z-060328T1600Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 952 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 2000 FEET...LOCALLY DROPPING TO NEAR 1500 FEET IN THE ILLINOIS VALLEY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS46 KMFR 281016 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 216 AM PST TUE MAR 28 2006 CAZ080-082-281830- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SN.Y.0022.060328T1016Z-060329T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW... MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 216 AM PST TUE MAR 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4500 FT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 4500 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET TONIGHT...BUT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ORZ024-281130- /O.CAN.KMFR.SN.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060328T1600Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 216 AM PST TUE MAR 28 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:29 AM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Jackson | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.