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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2012, 2:03 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2012, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 8:01 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Siskiyou County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KMFR 152103 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 203 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...ANOTHER STORM BRINGS HIGH WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL APPROACH THE COAST TONIGHT AND MOVE ONSHORE THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP AT THE COAST TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD INLAND TO THE SHASTA VALLEY AND AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES THURSDAY. CAZ081-160515- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120316T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.120315T2103Z-120316T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 203 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING...THEN WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES. OPEN BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ ORZ021-022-160000- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120316T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH BEND...BANDON...PORT ORFORD 203 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... THEN DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NORTH BEND...BANDON...PORT ORFORD. * IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING TREES TO TOPPLE...POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLE SLIDES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ030-031-160515- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120316T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 203 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THEN DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. 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. && $$ PETRUCELLI
1 follow-up statement
329 WWUS76 KMFR 160301 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 801 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...ANOTHER STORM BRINGS HIGH WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL APPROACH THE COAST TONIGHT AND MOVE ONSHORE THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND TO AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES THURSDAY. CAZ081-160415- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120316T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 801 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ ORZ030-031-161200- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120316T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 801 PM PDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THEN DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:31 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 37 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.