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Freeze Warning 31, NWS Medford, OR

December 7, 2011Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this freeze warning at Dec 7, 2011, 2:44 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 7, 2011, 11:00 PM PST. It was in force for 10 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
Dec 7, 2011, 2:44 PM PST (22:44 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2011, 11:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 8, 2011, 9:00 AM PST
In force
10 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 22:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2011-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2011-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Dec 7, 9:14 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 9:14 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 4:20 AM PST, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
420 AM PST WED DEC 7 2011

ORZ021-071700-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
420 AM PST WED DEC 7 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST TODAY FOR LOCATIONS
WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER. A FROST ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR LOCATIONS WITH LOWS BETWEEN 33 AND 36
DEGREES. A FROST WATCH IS THEN IN EFFECT BEGINNING THIS EVENING
AND LASTING THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR
MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE FREEZE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.

ORZ022-071700-
CURRY COUNTY COAST-
420 AM PST WED DEC 7 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST TODAY FOR LOCATIONS
WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER. A FROST ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM TODAY FOR LOCATIONS WITH LOWS BETWEEN 33 AND 36
DEGREES. PLEASE SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WILL OCCUR AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.

ORZ023-024-026-029>031-071700-
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
420 AM PST WED DEC 7 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.
PLEASE SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 2:03 AM PSTFreeze WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas13 hr
Dec 7, 8:59 AM PSTFrost AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas24 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oregon, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011

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.