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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR

February 20, 2007Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2007, 2:06 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2007, 2:06 PM PST (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2007, 9:31 PM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2007-02-20Temperature 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 2007-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 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 202206
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
206 PM PST TUE FEB 20 2007

...VERY GUSTY WINDS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE SHASTA VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTH END OF THE
SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO WEAKER PRESSURE
GRADIENTS AND DECREASING WINDS.

CAZ081-210800-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.070220T2206Z-070221T0800Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED
206 PM PST TUE FEB 20 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 MPH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR...MAINLY IN THE SOUTH END OF THE
VALLEY NEAR WEED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE VALLEY.

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.

$$
FB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 210531
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
931 PM PST TUE FEB 20 2007

CAZ081-210645-
/O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070221T0800Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED
931 PM PST TUE FEB 20 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY.

$$

STAVISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 4:13 AM PSTHeavy Snow WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou48 hr
Feb 20, 4:13 AM PSTSnow AdvisoryMFRModoc, Siskiyou70 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.