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Frost Advisory 21, NWS Medford, OR

October 5, 2007Curry County, Jackson County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this frost advisory at Oct 5, 2007, 3:34 AM PDT for Curry County, Jackson County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Oct 5, 2007, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2007, 3:34 AM PDT (10:34 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2007, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 6, 2007, 8:50 AM PDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 00:00Z on 2007-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 051034
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
334 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2007

CAZ080-ORZ024-026-052245-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FR.Y.0021.071006T0600Z-071006T1600Z/
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
JACKSON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...
GRANTS PASS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND
334 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2007

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

A COOL AIR MASS OVER THE AREA COMBINED WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
TONIGHT WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

$$

STOCKTON
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 052040
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
140 PM PDT FRI OCT 5 2007

CAZ080-ORZ024-026-060645-
/O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0021.071006T0600Z-071006T1600Z/
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
JACKSON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...
GRANTS PASS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND
140 PM PDT FRI OCT 5 2007

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

A COOL AIR MASS OVER THE AREA COMBINED WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
TONIGHT WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST
OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

$$
FB
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 061036
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
336 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2007

ORZ024-026-062245-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FR.Y.0022.071007T0600Z-071007T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071006T1600Z/
EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND
336 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2007

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT
SUNDAY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS
MORNING. 

A COOL AIR MASS OVER THE AREA COMBINED WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP
OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

$$

CAZ080-061600-
/O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071006T1600Z/
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW
336 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2007

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING. 

A COOL AIR MASS OVER THE AREA COMBINED WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
TONIGHT WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST
OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

$$

STOCKTON
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 061550
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
850 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2007

ORZ024-026-062100-
/O.CAN.KMFR.FR.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071006T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0022.071007T0600Z-071007T1600Z/
EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND
850 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2007

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

CLOUDY SKIES HAVE KEPT OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN
EXPECTED. AS A RESULT THE FROST ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT
THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SOME CLEARING IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FROST IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

$$

CAZ080-061700-
/O.CAN.KMFR.FR.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071006T1600Z/
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW
850 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2007

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY. 

CLOUDY SKIES HAVE KEPT OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN
EXPECTED. AS A RESULT THE FROST ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT
THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 


$$
FB

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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.