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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Medford, OR

November 4, 2009Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Nov 4, 2009, 3:25 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 5, 2009, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 2009, 3:25 AM PST (11:25 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 5, 2009, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Nov 4, 2009, 3:06 PM PST
In force
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 11:26 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 Nov 4, 3:07 AM PST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 3:07 AM PST, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 4, 8:18 AM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		37 hr
Nov 4, 8:18 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		4 days
Nov 4, 3:06 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	31 hr
Nov 4, 3:06 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Klamath, Lake	40 hr
Nov 4, 3:41 PM PST	Marine Weather Statement	MFR		24 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Oregon, 2009 Every high wind watch in 2009

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.