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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at May 21, 2012, 2:36 AM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at May 21, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2012, 2:36 AM PDT (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718 WWUS76 KMFR 210936 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 236 AM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY AND MODOC COUNTIES. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-212200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.120521T2100Z-120522T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 236 AM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SUMMER LAKE. HIGHWAY 140 FROM QUARTS MOUNTAIN PASS THROUGH LAKEVIEW TO SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 395 FROM VALLEY FALLS IN OREGON SOUTHWARD TO ALTURAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. ADDITIONALLY THOSE IN THE WARNER MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS AND 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. && $$ BUNNAG
3 follow-up statements
516 WWUS76 KMFR 212051 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 151 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY AND MODOC COUNTIES. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-220300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.120521T2100Z-120522T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 151 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SUMMER LAKE. HIGHWAY 140 FROM QUARTS MOUNTAIN PASS THROUGH LAKEVIEW TO SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 395 FROM VALLEY FALLS IN OREGON SOUTHWARD TO ALTURAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. ADDITIONALLY THOSE IN THE WARNER MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CC
756 WWUS76 KMFR 212100 CCA NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 157 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY AND MODOC COUNTIES. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-220300- /O.COR.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.120521T2100Z-120522T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 157 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SUMMER LAKE. HIGHWAY 140 FROM QUARTZ MOUNTAIN PASS THROUGH LAKEVIEW TO SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 395 FROM VALLEY FALLS IN OREGON SOUTHWARD TO ALTURAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. ADDITIONALLY THOSE IN THE WARNER MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS AND 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. && $$ CC
037 WWUS76 KMFR 220253 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 753 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-220400- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120522T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 753 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA. $$ SK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 12:37 AM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 13 hr | |
| May 21, 12:37 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 13 hr | |
| May 21, 12:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 19 hr | |
| May 21, 12:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 19 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.