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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2012, 2:28 PM PST for Klamath County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:28 PM PST (22:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 3:44 AM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 90 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 106 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
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
168 WWUS76 KMFR 242228 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 228 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ORZ030-031-251245- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0009.120225T0300Z-120225T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 228 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MOSTLY RURAL AREAS IN EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO STRONG CROSSWINDS IN SOME LOCATIONS. 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. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-251245- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0011.120225T0300Z-120225T1500Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- 228 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 T0 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...TULELAKE...DORRIS... ALTURAS...CANBY * IMPACTS... HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO STRONG CROSSWINDS IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STOCKTON
1 follow-up statement
635 WWUS76 KMFR 251144 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 344 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ORZ030-031-251245- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120225T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 344 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AS OCCASIONAL SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-251245- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120225T1500Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- 344 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:09 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:09 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 48 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:09 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 35 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:09 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 19 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:35 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:29 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 32 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.