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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

February 12, 20094 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Feb 12, 2009, 2:23 AM PST for 4 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 12, 2009, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 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: Feb 12, 2009, 2:23 AM PST (10:23 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2009, 6:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 13, 2009, 10:00 AM PST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

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

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 12, 2:00 AM PST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 2:00 AM PST, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 4:45 PM PST, 9 hours 38 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
Feb 11, 8:44 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR		24 hr
Feb 11, 8:44 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		5 days
Feb 12, 2:03 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath	20 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oregon, 2009 Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2009 Every winter storm 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.