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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2011, 12:53 AM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at May 25, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2011, 12:53 AM PDT (07:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WWUS76 KMFR 250753 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1253 AM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WINDY FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST TODAY... .SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN MIX DOWN TO LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO WINDY CONDITIONS. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-260000- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.110525T1200Z-110526T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1253 AM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND THEN MIX DOWN TO LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE DAY AS THEY BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST. * WINDS: SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: VEHICLES TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 31 NEAR SUMMER LAKE...HIGHWAY 395 NEAR VALLEY FALLS...HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW...AND HIGHWAY 299 EAST OF ALTURAS. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 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. && $$ LUTZ
2 follow-up statements
063 WWUS76 KMFR 252148 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 248 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WINDY FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST TODAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSS EASTERN OREGON. GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-260000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 248 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BEGIN TO MIX DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: VEHICLES TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 31 NEAR SUMMER LAKE... HIGHWAY 395 NEAR VALLEY FALLS...HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW... AND HIGHWAY 299 EAST OF ALTURAS. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
926 WWUS76 KMFR 252354 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 454 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-260100- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 454 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. $$ SVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:01 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 44 hr | |
| May 25, 3:01 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 5 days | |
| May 25, 4:59 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 3 hr | |
| May 25, 4:59 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.