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High Wind Warning 23, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Nov 30, 2012, 10:03 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012, 10:03 PM PST (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2012, 2:00 AM PST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387 WWUS76 KMFR 010603 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WINDS CURRENTLY ALONG THE COAST WILL BE FOLLOWED ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY... .SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST. ORZ021-022-011415- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0023.121201T0603Z-121201T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH EXCEPT GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT HEADLANDS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 101. && $$ CAZ081-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY MORNING. A STRONG STORM WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ029>031-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BUILD TO 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES EXCEPT 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOME STRONGER SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ084-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUST TO 55 MPH SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ STOCKTON
1 follow-up statement
412 WWUS76 KMFR 011002 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ORZ021-022-011815- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-121201T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && $$ CAZ081-011815- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY MORNING. A STRONG STORM WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ029>031-011815- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BUILD TO 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES EXCEPT 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOME STRONGER SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ084-011815- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUST TO 55 MPH SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 7:43 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | MFR | 62 min | |
| Nov 30, 8:49 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | MFR | 56 min | |
| Nov 30, 9:42 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | MFR | 2 hr | |
| Dec 1, 2:56 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 1, 2:56 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:19 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:15 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 19 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:47 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 6 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:47 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.