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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Medford, OR

August 26, 2012Harney County, Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this fire weather watch at Aug 26, 2012, 4:08 AM PDT for Harney County, Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Aug 28, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2012, 4:08 AM PDT (11:08 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 28, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2012, 2:12 PM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Harney County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather 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 fire weather watch went out at Aug 26, 1:10 AM PDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:10 AM PDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:41 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR15 hr
Aug 26, 3:41 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR15 hr
Aug 26, 1:30 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake19 hr
Aug 26, 1:30 PM PDTFreeze WarningMFRKlamath, Lake19 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.