Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Oct 16, 2007, 3:01 PM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Oct 18, 2007, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2007, 3:01 PM PDT (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2007, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- 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 22:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 6:51 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Se Bandon, OR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 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 162201 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 301 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2007 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ORZ021-022-170615- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0003.071018T0900Z-071018T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0003.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 301 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT AND THEN THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACT THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. 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. $$ LUTZ
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KMFR 170404 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 904 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2007 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ORZ021-022-171830- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0003.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 904 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. A STRONG AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT AND THEN THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACT THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS76 KMFR 171808 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1108 AM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ORZ021-022-181200- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0003.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1108 AM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. A STRONG AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER FOR MANY AREAS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT AND THEN THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACT THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. 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. $$ LUTZ
000 WWUS76 KMFR 172233 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 333 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SHASTA VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ORZ021-022-180645- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0003.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 333 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. A STRONG AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER FOR MANY AREAS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT AND THEN THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACT THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CAZ081-180645- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 333 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST AND RAIN INCREASES ACROSS THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BTL
000 WWUS76 KMFR 180645 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1145 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SHASTA VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ORZ021-022-181645- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0003.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1145 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. A STRONG AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER FOR MANY AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT AND THEN THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACT THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CAZ081-181645- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.071018T1200Z-071018T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1145 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST AND RAIN INCREASES ACROSS THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DW
000 WWUS76 KMFR 181633 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 933 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SHASTA VALLEY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ORZ021-022-182100- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 933 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON IS BRINGING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER TO THE COAST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CAZ081-182100- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071018T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 933 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS GENERATING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MO/MS
000 WWUS76 KMFR 182036 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 136 PM PDT THU OCT 18 2007 ORZ021-022-182145- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071018T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 136 PM PDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG THE COAST WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT SOME OF THE EXPOSED HEADLANDS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BUT THEN INCREASE LATER TONIGHT. $$ CAZ081-182145- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071018T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 136 PM PDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON. $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2:54 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 12 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Oregon, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.