Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 19, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Nov 30, 2012, 4:46 AM PST for Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California; 5 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Dec 1, 2012, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012, 4:46 AM PST (12:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2012, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2012, 3:19 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
062 WWUS76 KMFR 301246 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 446 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...ANOTHER COUPLE OF STORMS TO BRING STRONG WINDS INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOME STRONGER AS A POTENT STORM TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ORZ030-031-302300- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-121201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.121130T2100Z-121201T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-121201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121201T2100Z-121202T1800Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 446 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS DOWNGRADED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. BUT...IN LAKE COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE WINDS WILL BUILD TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THEN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BUILD TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES EXCEPT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH IN THE WATCH AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOME STRONGER SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. * 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. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-301400- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-121201T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-121201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- 446 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EXCEPT FOR LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS. $$ CAZ081-302300- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.121130T2100Z-121201T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121201T2100Z-121202T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 446 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY MORNING THEN THEY ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN STRONG SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED...LAKE SHASTINA. * 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. && $$ ORZ021-022-302300- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 446 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...A POTENT STORM WILL LIKELY BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH EXCEPT GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT HEADLANDS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ DW
4 follow-up statements
066 WWUS76 KMFR 302150 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 150 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...ANOTHER COUPLE OF STORMS TO BRING STRONG WINDS INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOME STRONGER AS A STRONG STORM TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CAZ085-ORZ029-011200- /O.EXB.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- 150 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS DECREASE BRIEFLY SATURDAY THEN A STRONGER STORM ARRIVES SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PARTS OF HIGHWAY 97 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO CHILOQUIN. STATE HIGHWAY 299 EAST OF ALTURAS. * 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. && $$ CAZ081-011200- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 150 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY MORNING. A STRONG STORM ARRIVES SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ORZ030-031-011200- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 150 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED BUT...IN LAKE COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE WINDS WILL BUILD TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THEN SATURDAY EVENING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BUILD TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES EXCEPT 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH IN THE WATCH AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISH SOME SATURDAY MORNING THEN BECOME STRONGER SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. * 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. && $$ CAZ084-011200- /O.EXB.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- 150 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUST TO 55 MPH SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PARTS OF HIGHWAY 97 NEAR MACDOEL. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ORZ021-022-011200- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 150 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...A POTENT STORM WILL LIKELY BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO 35 TO 45 MPH 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. && $$ PETRUCELLI
387 WWUS76 KMFR 010603 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WINDS CURRENTLY ALONG THE COAST WILL BE FOLLOWED ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY... .SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST. ORZ021-022-011415- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0023.121201T0603Z-121201T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 1003 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH EXCEPT GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT HEADLANDS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 101. && $$ 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. && $$ STOCKTON
412 WWUS76 KMFR 011002 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ORZ021-022-011815- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-121201T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 202 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && $$ 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. && $$
005 WWUS76 KMFR 011119 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 319 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 CAZ085-ORZ029>031-011930- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0024.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEMULT 319 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 35 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES EXCEPT 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. && $$ CAZ081-011930- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0024.121202T0100Z-121202T1200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 319 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A STRONG STORM WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 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 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. && $$ ORZ021-022-011930- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0024.121202T0300Z-121202T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 319 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A STRONG STORM WILL ARRIVE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE FERRELO. * IMPACTS...STRONG WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 101. STRONG WINDS COMBINING WITH HEAVY RAIN MAKES THE CHANCES OF TREES TOPPLING MUCH HIGHER. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 101. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ CAZ084-011930- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0019.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0024.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- 319 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUST TO 60 MPH THIS 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 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 29, 8:42 PM PST, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 8:42 PM PST, 8 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
842 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012
.DISCUSSION...DEEP, SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM IN
OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AROUND A BROAD UPPER LOW
OFFSHORE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY, WITH A GENERAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MOST WEST
SIDE LOCATIONS, AND LOCALLY UPWARDS OF 5 INCHES. THE PATTERN OF
RAINFALL HAS BEEN A BIT UNCHARACTERISTIC IN THAT THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED INLAND FROM THE COAST. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS JOSEPHINE, JACKSON, AND WESTERN SISKIYOU
COUNTIES. EVEN MEDFORD PROPER, WHICH IS NORMALLY A DRY SPOT IN
SOUTHWEST OREGON, GOT IN ON THE ACTION AND SET A DAILY RAINFALL
RECORD WITH 1.58 INCHES TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SURGE IN RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AS
YET ANOTHER IMPULSE (A 135KT PLUS JET STREAK) RIDES IN THROUGH
THE MAIN FLOW. ADDITIONAL CLOUD COOLING IS NOTICEABLE IN IR
IMAGERY ALONG THE NW CA COAST AND THIS CORRESPONDS TO AN INCREASE
IN RADAR RETURNS NOW COMING ONTO THE COAST. THIS IS ALREADY MOVING
INTO WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY, BUT IT WILL BE A TOUCH FURTHER EAST
THAN THE LAST ROUND OF RAIN OVER SW OREGON, THIS TIME AIMED AT
JOSEPHINE AND JACKSON AND NOT AS MUCH OVER EASTERN CURRY. WHILE
WE'VE HAD REPORTS OF A LOT OF PONDING WATER AND SOME MINOR ROAD
FLOODING, THESE AREAS ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING A LOT OF RAIN, SO
IMPACTS HAVE NOT BEEN MAJOR. AS A RESULT, ALL OF THE AREAL FLOOD
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED TO FLOOD ADVISORIES THIS EVENING.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT
AND THEN WE CAN EXPECT A RELATIVE BREAK TOMORROW. RAIN IS STILL
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE AS HEAVY OR
PERSISTENT TOMORROW. MODELS SHOW ANOTHER SURGE IN RAINFALL FOR
WEST SIDE AREAS SATURDAY, BUT ANOTHER VERY JUICY IMPULSE IS
EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS ONE LOOKS AS WET OR
WETTER THAN TODAY'S AND MAY POSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS FOR
MUCH OF THE WEST SIDE. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...A CONTINUED ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS SPREADING
SHOWERS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH A MIX OF
VFR...MVFR...AND IFR CONDITIONS. IFR CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY
OCCURRING IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
CASCADES. THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA WILL LIKELY BE ONE OF THE MOST
HAZARDOUS FLYING AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING
WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION...LOW CEILINGS...AND SIGNIFICANT
TURBULENCE. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH TOMORROW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TOMORROW BUT WILL
REMAIN GUSTY GENERALLLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME VFR BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH SOME LINGERING SHOWERS
AROUND. SK
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012/
SHORT TERM...A STRONG VERY MOIST FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS FRONT IS A SLOW MOVER AND WILL GRADUALLY
MOVE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOW LEVELS REMAIN HIGH AND ARE TYPICALLY AROUND 5500
FEET FROM THE CASCADES WEST IN OREGON AND AROUND 6000 FEET
ELSEWHERE. MODELS ARE SHOWING WEAK INSTABILITY TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND MOVING INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SINCE LIGHTNING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS...HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COASTAL WATERS FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
INLAND...EXPECT WEAK INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...FOR AREAS FROM THE CASCADES WEST IN
OREGON...SNOW LEVELS MAY COME DOWN LOWER AT TIMES...LOCALLY DOWN TO
4500 TO 5000 FEET IN HEAVIER BANDS OF PRECIPITATION AND CONVECTIVE
SHOWERS.
THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT INTO
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER INLAND AREAS OF THE CWA WITH HIGHEST TOTALS
EXPECTED IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES
OBSERVED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA HAVE BEEN HIGH WITH
AROUND A THREE TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE HEAVY
RAIN AND LOCALLY UP TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR. THIS HAS BEEN
CREATING LOCALIZED FLOODING ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL STREAMS. SEE THE
HYDROLOGY DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INLAND ALONG AND WEST OF THE CASCADES
ESPECIALLY FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND INTO JOSEPHINE COUNTY THIS
EVENING...DECREASING TO LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TONIGHT. EXPECT
MODERATE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO SPREAD EAST OF THE CASCADES
THIS EVENING WITH RAIN DECREASING AS THE FRONT SHIFTS SOUTHEAST
LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
PARTICULARLY SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL SEE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALSO MODERATE AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SISKIYOU COUNTY AND INTO MODOC COUNTY
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO ON FRIDAY EXPECT CONDITIONS IN
THE COASTAL WATERS TO BECOME MORE DANGEROUS AS SWELL INCREASES AND
BREAKERS NEAR 20 FEET DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST.
THE 18Z NAM IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF ON THE
LOCATION OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ENHANCING THE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN END
OF THE FRONT...INCLUDING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. THE NAM AND ECMWF ALSO SHOW MODERATE PRECIPITATION
CONTINUING OVER THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH
LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA.
ANOTHER WEAKER FRONT ARRIVES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND BRING LESS
RAINFALL. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE MODERATE TO LIGHT FOR
INLAND AREAS WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST.
STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN A CONCERN WITH THE CURRENT FRONT TODAY
INTO FRIDAY AS WELL AS WITH THE FRONTS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. FOR
DETAILS ON WIND IMPACTS TODAY THROUGH THE WEEK SEE THE WIND
DISCUSSION BELOW.
LONG TERM...THE ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER VERY STRONG
FRONT MOVING INLAND SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MODELS ARE
SHOWING A STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE WITH THE FRONT AND A STRONG JET
ALOFT. HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION DECREASING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS ARE SHOWING 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM
THE CASCADES WESTWARD WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SISKIYOU COUNTY.
EAST THE CASCADES MODELS HAVE 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN AS WELL.
SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH...GENERALLY ABOVE 5500 TO
6000 FEET AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING HOW HIGH SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. SNOW
LEVELS WILL DROP DOWN TO 3500 TO 4500 FT BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN LIGHTER PRECIPITATION. LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS EAST SIDE LOCATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500
FEET MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY.
A WEAKER SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE COAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CASCADES WEST IN OREGON. THERE MAY BE A
BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTIVE PATTERN MONDAY BUT THIS WILL NOT LAST
LONG AS ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
WIND IMPACTS...WINDS CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE EAST OF THE CASCADES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS SUGGEST THAT WINDS COULD REMAIN
ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE NAM SHOWING 700MB WINDS
NEAR 70 KTS. IT'S POSSIBLE WE COULD GET A TEMPORARY LULL SATURDAY
MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING...THEN INCREASING AGAIN OVERNIGHT
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. THE GFS AND NAM
SHOW A LOW DEVELOPING OFFSHORE AND THIS ALONG WITH AN INCOMING JET
COULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ENERGY FOR HIGH WINDS. THE EC IS
WEAKER AND DOES NOT SHOW A SURFACE LOW. FOR NOW WE'LL HOLD OFF ON
ISSUING ANY HEADLINES FOR THIS...BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS CONTINUE IN THE SHASTA VALLEY INTO
TONIGHT...BUT WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
CURRENT HIGH WIND WATCH THERE LOOKS GOOD. WINDS HAVE ALSO INCREASED
IN THE MOUNT SHASTA REGION EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE WERE
REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. THEY ARE NOT AS STRONG
COMPARED TO THE SHASTA VALLEY...BUT SUSPECT THE DOWN TREES ARE
PARTLY A RESULT OF SATURATED SOILS FROM MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION THUS CAUSING THE GROUND TO BECOME UNSTABLE. SO IT'S
NOT GOING TO TAKE AS MUCH WIND TO CAUSE TREES TO FALL. EXPECT WINDS
TO BE A CONCERN THERE UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING THEN WILL DECREASE
TONIGHT. THE NEXT CONCERN FOR HIGH WINDS FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY COULD
BE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE NAM SHOWS THE
GRADIENT FROM REDDING TO MEDFORD PEAKING OUT NEAR 11MB BY 6Z SUNDAY
AND NEAR 10 MB BY 12Z SUNDAY BEFORE DECREASING. 700MB WINDS ARE
PROJECTED TO BE NEAR 60 KTS...BUT ARE NOT DUE SOUTH.
THE ROGUE VALLEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY CONCERNS THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THE SAME REASONS NOTED ABOVE. -PETRUCELLI
HYDROLOGY...
AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT CONTINUES OVER THE FORECAST AREA
TODAY...AND A COUPLE MORE ARE DUE IN THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PRIMARY
BAND OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE COAST THIS MORNING
INTO JOSEPHINE...EASTERN DOUGLAS...JACKSON...AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES
LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE CURRENT TIME. STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE
BEEN RISING IN RESPONSE TO THIS PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SMALL STREAMS...THERE HAS BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF ROOM TO
WORK WITH IN THE RIVERS. FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY EXPECT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
SISKIYOU COUNTY. SOME WESTWARD DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION NEAR
CAPE MENDOCINO IS LIKELY TO SPREAD THE PRECIPITATION BAND ACROSS THE
INTERIOR WEST SIDE WESTWARD SOME OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THE
FOCUS IN OREGON OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY IS LIKELY TO BE
ACROSS JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
THAT BEING SAID...DUE TO LESSER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION IN
COOS...CURRY...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTIES TODAY...THE
COQUILLE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE ONLY AT COQUILLE ON
FRIDAY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
CONCERNS ACROSS MANY OF THE MENTIONED AREAS FOR THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION...SO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES CONTINUE
FOR MANY AREAS...AND AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS EXIST FOR
CURRY...JOSEPHINE...AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THE MAIN CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN SISKIYOU AND JOSEPHINE
COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY.
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE TWO MORE PRECIPITATION
SURGES THROUGH THE AREA. GIVEN THE PRECEDING CONDITIONS...SOME RIVER
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT THE COQUILLE AT COQUILLE...AND
POSSIBLY ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE AT MYRTLE POINT. THIS
INITIAL RAINFALL TODAY IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE POTENTIAL
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THAT WE STILL
HAVE 3 DAYS OF THIS PROLONGED ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT SERIES OVER
THE AREA IT IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED THAT THOSE LIVING ON OR NEAR RIVERS
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHECK FOR UPDATES
AS THIS SITUATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. BTL
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ029>031.
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR CAZ084-085.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR CAZ081.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ082.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR CAZ083.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ370-376.In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 29, 11:45 PM PST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1145 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW WEED 41.38N 122.41W
11/29/2012 M2.62 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR
&&
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Nov 29, 11:46 PM PST, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1146 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSW OBRIEN 42.05N 123.71W
11/29/2012 M5.31 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR
&&
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 7:19 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:46 AM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:23 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 43 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:26 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 6:32 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 4 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:55 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 6 days |
| Nov 30, 3:17 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Nov 30, 2:52 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 12 hr |
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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.