Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Medford, OR
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.
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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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:02 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 6 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.