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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Medford, OR

March 2, 2011Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2011, 2:14 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2011, 2:14 PM PST (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2011, 5:20 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 22:17 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, 10.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2011-03-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2011-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

150 
WWUS76 KMFR 022214
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
214 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011


ORZ031-030300-
/O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.110302T2214Z-110303T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
214 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 


* TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA INTO THIS
  EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO
  50 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG OREGON HIGHWAY 31 
  FROM PAISLEY TO SUMMER LAKE AND SILVER LAKE...AND ALONG 
  HIGHWAY 395 NEAR VALLEY FALLS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ030-022315-
/O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0000Z/
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
214 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE EASED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AT
10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH.

$$

CAZ084-085-022315-
/O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110303T0000Z/
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS
214 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE EASED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AT
10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 TO 35 MPH.

$$

MW
1 follow-up statement
562 
WWUS76 KMFR 030120
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
520 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES
OUT OF EASTERN OREGON AND INTO IDAHO.

ORZ031-030230-
/O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110303T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
520 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES
OUT OF EASTERN OREGON AND INTO IDAHO. A FEW STRONG GUSTS TO 35 OR
40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE RIDGES...BUT WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:02 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR6 hr

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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.