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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2012, 11:12 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2012, 11:12 PM PDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258 WWUS76 KMFR 220612 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1112 PM PDT WED MAR 21 2012 ORZ030-031-221200- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120322T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0020.120322T0612Z-120322T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1112 PM PDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH THROUGH 5 AM PDT THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST UNTIL 1 AM PDT THURSDAY BUT HIGH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 5 AM PDT THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE SUMMER LAKE AREA AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 NEAR VALLEY FALLS...AND HIGHWAY 140 IN THE WARNER MOUNTAINS EAST OF LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 31...395...AND 140 WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ CAZ081-220715- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0900Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1112 PM PDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$ CAZ083>085-ORZ029-220715- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- 1112 PM PDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. $$ DW
1 follow-up statement
721 WWUS76 KMFR 221206 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 506 AM PDT THU MAR 22 2012 ORZ030-031-221315- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120322T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 506 AM PDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE EASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ MAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:24 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:44 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:44 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:44 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 32 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:44 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 44 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:59 PM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 32 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:59 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 32 hr |
Nearby
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.