Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2011, 2:03 PM PDT for Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 30, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2011, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2011, 9:16 AM PDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
374 WWUS76 KMFR 292103 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 203 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ORZ031-301100- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.110330T1800Z-110331T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 203 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE EASING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MAW
2 follow-up statements
743 WWUS76 KMFR 301002 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 302 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ORZ031-301815- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.110330T1800Z-110331T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 302 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE EASING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SK
282 WWUS76 KMFR 301616 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 916 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ORZ031-301730- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.110330T1800Z-110331T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 916 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE OUT OF THE WEST TODAY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. $$
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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.