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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Jan 2, 2012, 1:32 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2012, 1:32 PM PST (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 5:00 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 21:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:38 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 9 Sse Summer Lake, OR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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
- 2264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WWUS76 KMFR 022132 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 132 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ORZ031-030100- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0002.120102T2132Z-120103T0100Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 132 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH WILL DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER RIM AND THE HIGHWAY 31 REGION BETWEEN VALLEY FALLS AND SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE STRUCTURE DAMAGE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ STAVISH
1 follow-up statement
193 WWUS76 KMFR 030105 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 505 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ORZ031-030215- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120103T0100Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 505 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:01 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 9 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:00 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:00 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:00 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.