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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2009, 12:31 AM PDT for Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2009, 12:31 AM PDT (07:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2009, 1:23 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 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 140731 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1231 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009 ...STRONG SOUTH THROUGH WEST WINDS TODAY... CAZ085-ORZ031-150000- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.091014T0900Z-091015T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTURAS...LAKEVIEW 1231 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD CORE OF THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE CASCADES TODAY. AS THIS OCCURS...THE JET STREAM WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE SOUTH WINDS TO TURN SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST. WINDS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH TODAY. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING TO AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS UP 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT THE MORE TYPICAL WINDY SPOTS. THESE INCLUDE SUMMER RIM AND CEDAR PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LUTZ
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KMFR 142023 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 123 PM PDT WED OCT 14 2009 CAZ085-ORZ031-142130- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-091015T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTURAS...LAKEVIEW 123 PM PDT WED OCT 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. SOME ISOLATED HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS IN LAKE COUNTY MAY STILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. $$ RH
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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.