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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Medford, OR

March 24, 2011Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm watch at Mar 24, 2011, 2:59 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 25, 2011, 6:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2011, 2:59 PM PDT (21:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2011, 6:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2011, 3:08 AM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

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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 Mar 24, 2:40 PM PDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:40 PM PDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 2:10 PM PDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
210 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

CAZ082-083-251200-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
210 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.
SEE THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
ABOVE 4000 FEET. SEE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ081-250600-
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
210 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT FOR AREAS
SOUTH OF WEED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AN ACTIVE AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ORZ031-250000-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
210 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ080-251200-
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-
210 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT
ABOVE 3000 FEET. SEE THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT FRIDAY. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET SEE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ORZ026-250000-
JACKSON COUNTY-
210 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GLASER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 10:02 AM PDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 24, 12:16 PM PDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:37 AM PDTGale WatchMFR19 hr
Mar 24, 8:37 AM PDTHazardous Seas WatchMFR19 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2011Every winter storm watch in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.