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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm watch at Feb 28, 2011, 3:27 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 1, 2011, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:27 PM PST (23:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2011, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2011, 3:54 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Siskiyou County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 28, 9:09 AM PST, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:09 AM PST, 6 hours 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 548 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 ORZ021-022-010100- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 548 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE LATEST WARNING MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN STRONGER WINDS AND MORE PRECIPITATION EXISTS. STAY ALERT FOR LATEST UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ030-031-010100- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 548 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE LATEST WARNING MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS WILL EXIST LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. STAY ALERT FOR LATEST UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ081-010100- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 548 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE LATEST WARNING MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. STAY ALERT FOR LATEST UPDATES. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-ORZ024-025-027-010100- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 548 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE LATEST ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ONLY A BRIEF BREAK DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...ANOTHER VERY STRONG SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE COAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN STRONGER WINDS AND BOUTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STAY ALERT FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OTTENWELLER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 9:31 AM PST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:59 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Feb 28, 7:59 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Feb 28, 12:49 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 33 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 11 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.