Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2012, 10:21 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Apr 3, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2012, 10:21 PM PDT (05:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 10:20 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 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 05:21 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 00:00Z, 5.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431 WWUS76 KMFR 030521 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1021 PM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ORZ030-031-031200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0025.120403T1800Z-120404T0300Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1021 PM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING THEN REACH A PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PAISLEY...SUMMER LAKE AND SILVER LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. 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. && $$ DW
3 follow-up statements
967 WWUS76 KMFR 031134 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 434 AM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ORZ030-031-032200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0025.120403T1800Z-120404T0300Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 434 AM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING THEN REACH A PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PAISLEY...SUMMER LAKE AND SILVER LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DW
806 WWUS76 KMFR 032135 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 235 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ORZ030-031-040545- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120404T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 235 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN REACH A PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PAISLEY...SUMMER LAKE AND SILVER LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. 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. && $$
971 WWUS76 KMFR 040520 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1020 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ORZ030-031-040630- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120404T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1020 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:27 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 3 hr | |
| Apr 3, 5:27 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 57 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.