Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2011, 9:59 AM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2011, 9:59 AM PST (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2011, 12:57 PM PST
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 18:03 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, 6.0 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
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
799 WWUS76 KMFR 171759 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 959 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ORZ031-180000- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.110117T1800Z-110118T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 959 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE SUMMER LAKE AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 395 FROM VALLEY FALLS NORTHWARD. && 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. && $$ ORZ024-026-171900- /O.EXP.KMFR.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110117T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 959 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. $$ STOCKTON
1 follow-up statement
301 WWUS76 KMFR 172057 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1257 PM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ORZ031-172200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 1257 PM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ STOCKTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 6:04 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Lake | 7 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:21 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 5 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:02 AM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 51 min |
| Jan 17, 7:28 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 5 hr |
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.