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Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Medford, OR

September 20, 20096 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Sep 20, 2009, 5:38 AM PDT for 6 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Sep 20, 2009, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 38 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: Sep 20, 2009, 5:38 AM PDT (12:38 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 20, 2009, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired: Sep 22, 2009, 1:00 PM PDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lane County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Sep 20, 3:30 AM PDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 3:30 AM PDT, 2 hours 8 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
Sep 19, 9:56 PM PDT	Gale Warning	MFR		31 hr
Sep 19, 9:56 PM PDT	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		31 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in California, 2009 Every red flag warning 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.