Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2011, 9:23 PM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2011, 9:23 PM PST (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2011, 7:00 AM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 3208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
189 WWUS76 KMFR 120523 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 923 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...MODERATE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT WINDS AT MID AND HIGH ELEVATIONS TONIGHT. ORZ030-031-121500- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0019.111112T0523Z-111112T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 923 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE SUMMER LAKE AREA...PARTICULARLY HIGHWAY 31 IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AT AND AROUND DOUGHERTY SLIDE. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ BTL
1 follow-up statement
346 WWUS76 KMFR 121434 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 634 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2011 ORZ030-031-121545- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111112T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 634 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. WESTERLY WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 30 MPH FOR MOST OF THE AREA. $$ SK
Nearby
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.