Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Nov 21, 2009, 2:05 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 21, 2009, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 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
- Nov 21, 2009, 2:05 PM PST (22:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2009, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2009, 4:00 AM PST
- 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 22:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 11:50 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Port Orford, OR | HEAVY DOWNPOUR...RAIN RATE ABOUT 0.50 INCH PER HOUR. SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH GUST TO 65 MPH. |
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, 10.1 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 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 212205 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 205 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED AT THE COAST WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT... .ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST TONIGHT WITH WINDS INCREASING FROM EARLY THIS EVENING INTO THE NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AFTER DARK JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. ORZ021-022-221200- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0006.091122T0000Z-091122T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0009.091122T0000Z-091122T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 205 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING TO 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS 65 MPH EXCEPT LOCALLY STRONGER NEAR THE HEADLANDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW WARNING THRESHOLDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ031-221200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.091122T0600Z-091122T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 205 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL USHER SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS OF 45 MPH OVER MUCH OF LAKE COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HIGHWAY 31 WILL ESPECIALLY BE IMPACTED BY THIS WIND EVENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ081-221200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.091122T0600Z-091122T1200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 205 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE SHASTA VALLEY TONIGHT WITH A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 45 MPH. THE I-5 CORRIDOR FROM WEED TO YREKA WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS WIND EVENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KEENE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KMFR 221215 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009 ORZ021-022-221315- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091122T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 415 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BEHIND A COLD FRONT. OVERNIGHT...PEAK GUSTS REACHED 64 MPH AT CAPE ARAGO...65 MPH AT PORT ORFORD AND 92 MPH AT CAPE BLANCO. $$ CAZ081-221315- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091122T1200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 415 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS JUST MOVED THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WILL NOW DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE WEST. $$ ORZ031-221500- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091122T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 415 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF LAKE COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF VALLEY FALLS WILL BE MOST STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THIS WIND EVENT. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES AROUND 7 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 3:25 AM PST | Storm Warning | MFR | 25 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:29 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 11 hr |
| Nov 21, 2:05 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Lake | 17 hr |
| Nov 21, 2:10 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.