Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2012, 8:21 AM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Oct 3, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 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 3, 2012, 8:21 AM PDT (15:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2012, 9:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
3 follow-up statements
037 WWUS86 KMFR 032130 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ORZ617-621>623-041315- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.121004T0600Z-121004T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 230 PM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617...621..622 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 617...621...622 AND 623 * WIND...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER THE RIDGES AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF 20 TO 35 PERCENT OVERNIGHT ON THE RIDGES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
642 WWUS86 KMFR 041359 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 659 AM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ORZ617-621>623-041600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-121004T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 659 AM PDT THU OCT 4 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 617...621..622 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 617...621...622 AND 623 * WIND...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE RIDGES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF 20 TO 35 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 AND EARLY MORNING 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
625 WWUS86 KMFR 041616 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 916 AM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ORZ617-621>623-041730- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-121004T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 916 AM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617...621..622 AND 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. POOR RECOVERIES WITH GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL RETURN AGAIN TONIGHT ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FIRE ZONE 617 AND NORTHERN FIRE ZONE 623 AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT CONDITION S ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. $$ SVEN VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2:35 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Klamath | 12 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:22 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 18 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:22 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Klamath | 18 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.