Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Oct 3, 2008, 3:46 AM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Oct 3, 2008, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2008, 3:46 AM PDT (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2008, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2008, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 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 11:05 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, 10.8 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 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 031100 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 346 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...FIRST STRONG SYSTEM OF THE SEASON COMES ASHORE TODAY INTO TONIGHT... ORZ021-022-031900- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0004.081003T1800Z-081004T0900Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 346 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN TO CAPE ARAGO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN TO CAPE ARAGO. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN TO CAPE ARAGO AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY 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. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN WITH THE PREVIOUS FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION YESTERDAY THIS IS THE ONLY THE SECOND SYSTEM FOLLOWING A PROLONG DRY PERIOD AND THIS MOISTURE HAS NOT HAD TIME TO PERCOLATE DOWN TO LOOSEN THE LARGER TREE ROOTS. HOWEVER...THIS SAME PROLONGED DRY PERIOD MEANS THAT TREES ARE CURRENT AT THE HIGHEST STRESS AND STILL WILL MEAN A HIGH POSSIBILITY OF BRANCHES AND EVEN TREES BREAKING WITH THE HIGH WINDS AND BRINGING DOWN POWER AND PHONE LINES ALONG THE COAST AND SOME AREAS A BIT INLAND. $$ CAZ081-031900- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.081004T0000Z-081004T1200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 346 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR WEED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SVEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KMFR 031843 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1143 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ORZ021-022-040600- /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081004T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1143 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE HEADLANDS. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. $$ CAZ081-040600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.081004T0000Z-081004T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1143 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR WEED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RH
000 WWUS76 KMFR 040555 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1055 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ORZ021-022-040700- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081004T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1055 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ONSHORE. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED...BUT WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ CAZ081-040700- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081004T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1055 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT IS STILL APPROACHING THE SHASTA VALLEY...BUT WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ STOCKTON
Nearby
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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.