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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Medford, OR

December 19, 2008Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 19, 2008, 2:54 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2008, 2:54 PM PST (22:54 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2008, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 20, 2008, 3:11 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Dec 19, 2:54 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 2:54 PM PST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 3:14 AM PST, 11 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
314 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

CAZ080-082>085-ORZ023>026-191215-
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
314 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 19, 9:25 AM PST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
925 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0822 AM     HEAVY SNOW       10 NW TILLER            43.04N 123.07W
12/19/2008  M11.0 INCH       DOUGLAS            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR AMOUNT.

&&

HOLTZ

Local storm report, Dec 19, 9:41 AM PST, 5 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
941 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 AM     HEAVY SNOW       4 SW WEED               41.37N 122.42W
12/19/2008  M7.0 INCH        SISKIYOU           CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR ACCUMULATION FROM 7AM YESTERDAY THROUGH 7AM THIS
            FRIDAY MORNING

&&

BUNKER

Local storm report, Dec 19, 10:18 AM PST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1018 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1017 AM     HEAVY SNOW       KENO                    42.13N 121.93W
12/19/2008  M9.0 INCH        KLAMATH            OR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR ACCUMULATION ENDING AT 8AM

&&

BUNKER

Local storm report, Dec 19, 11:49 AM PST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1149 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1148 AM     SNOW             2 ESE ASHLAND           42.18N 122.66W
12/19/2008  M5.0 INCH        JACKSON            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR ACCUMULATION

&&

BUNKER

Local storm report, Dec 19, 12:21 PM PST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1221 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1217 PM     SNOW             4 SSW WEED              41.36N 122.42W
12/19/2008  M2.0 INCH        SISKIYOU           CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL FROM 5PM 12/18/2008 THROUGH 2AM
            12/19/2008

&&

BUNKER

Local storm report, Dec 19, 1:17 PM PST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
117 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1217 PM     SNOW             ALTURAS                 41.49N 120.54W
12/19/2008  M6.0 INCH        MODOC              CA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            21 HOUR ACCUMULATION FROM 4PM 12/18/2008 THROUGH 1PM
            12/19/2008

&&

BUNKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 19, 2:21 PM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		37 hr
Dec 19, 2:21 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		3 days
Dec 19, 2:21 PM PST	Storm Watch	MFR		13 hr
Dec 19, 2:21 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		5 hr
Dec 18, 10:00 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Modoc, Siskiyou	5 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.