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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2012, 2:57 PM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Oct 2, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT. 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
- Oct 2, 2012, 2:57 PM PDT (21:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2012, 8:21 AM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
712 WWUS86 KMFR 022157 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ORZ621-031300- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0020.121003T0600Z-121003T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0019.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 257 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: THE RIDGES OF FIRE ZONE 621 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ONLY TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ618>620-031300- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0020.121003T0600Z-121003T1600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 257 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE RIDGES OF FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ONLY TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-622-623-031300- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0019.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 257 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617...622 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...623 AND 617 * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ONLY TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SVEN VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
2 follow-up statements
929 WWUS86 KMFR 031102 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 402 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ORZ621-032315- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121003T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0019.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 402 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 2O MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ON THE RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS EVENING...LASTING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ONLY TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ618>620-031600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121003T1600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 402 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ON THE RIDGES. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ONLY TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-622-623-032315- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0019.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 402 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617...622 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...623 AND 617 * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ONLY TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
124 WWUS86 KMFR 031521 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 821 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ORZ621-040330- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121003T1600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0021.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 821 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON THE RIDGES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF 25 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ618>620-031630- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121003T1600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 821 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ORZ617-622-623-040330- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0021.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 821 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617...622 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...623 AND 617 * WIND...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 7:22 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Klamath | 8 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:26 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Klamath | 29 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane | 17 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.