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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR

January 24, 2012Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Jan 24, 2012, 12:01 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 19 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
Jan 24, 2012, 12:01 PM PST (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
In force
19 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 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2012-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2012-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
668 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

493 
WWUS76 KMFR 242001
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1201 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012

ORZ031-250700-
/O.UPG.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0007.120124T2001Z-120125T1500Z/
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
1201 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THIS IS AN
UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WIND ADVISORY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 60 MPH.
  LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEY FALLS...SUMMER LAKE...THE WARNER 
  MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS AROUND LAKEVIEW.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31
  BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. HIGH WINDS COULD POSE A HAZARD
  TO MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 31.


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.

&&

$$

LUTZ
2 follow-up statements
897 
WWUS76 KMFR 250652
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1052 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012

ORZ031-251500-
/O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T1500Z/
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
1052 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60
  MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70
  MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEY FALLS...SUMMER LAKE...THE WARNER 
  MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS AROUND LAKEVIEW.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 
  BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. HIGH WINDS COULD POSE A 
  HAZARD TO MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 31.

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.

&&

$$

CC
654 
WWUS76 KMFR 251502
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
702 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012

ORZ031-251615-
/O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T1500Z/
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
702 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...WINDS WILL STILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THE
  MORNING IN THE VICINITY OF SUMMER LAKE....BUT WILL EASE THROUGH
  THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE.

$$

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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.