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High Wind Warning 29, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Dec 24, 2012, 2:31 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 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
- Dec 24, 2012, 2:31 PM PST (22:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 12:42 PM PST
- In force
- 9 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 22:30 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, 10.5 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WWUS76 KMFR 242231 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 231 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ORZ021-022-250645- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0029.121225T1200Z-121225T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 231 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAPE FERRELO...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH...BANDON...AND CAPE ARAGO. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED AREAS ON HIGHWAY 101. LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE PICKED UP BY THE WIND AND BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
890 WWUS76 KMFR 250623 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1023 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ORZ021-022-251500- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0029.121225T1200Z-121225T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 1023 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAPE FERRELO...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH... BANDON...AND CAPE ARAGO. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED AREAS ON HIGHWAY 101. LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE PICKED UP BY THE WIND AND BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ DW
220 WWUS76 KMFR 251448 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 648 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ORZ021-022-252100- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-121225T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 648 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAPE FERRELO...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH... BANDON...AND CAPE ARAGO. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED AREAS ON HIGHWAY 101. LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE PICKED UP BY THE WIND AND BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ FB
095 WWUS76 KMFR 252042 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1242 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ORZ021-022-252145- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-121225T2100Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 1242 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ SVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:20 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 22 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:20 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:50 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 2:23 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 25 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:23 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:42 PM PST | Storm Warning | MFR | 22 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.