Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2012, 1:20 PM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 14, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2012, 1:20 PM PST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2012, 3:31 AM PST
- In force
- 12 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 21:17 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, 9.3 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
- 1731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195 WWUS76 KMFR 142120 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 120 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ORZ023-024-026-142230- /O.EXP.KMFR.AS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T2100Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN... GRANTS PASS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 120 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ ORZ030-031-150600- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0003.120115T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 120 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER RIM AND HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL INCONVENIENCES TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WEAK STRUCTURES MAY EXPERIENCE DAMAGE. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SMALL BRANCHES COULD BREAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
2 follow-up statements
583 WWUS76 KMFR 150545 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 945 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ORZ030-031-151200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 945 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINTER RIDGE AND HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL INCONVENIENCES TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WEAK STRUCTURES MAY EXPERIENCE DAMAGE. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SMALL BRANCHES COULD BREAK. 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. && $$ STOCKTON
811 WWUS76 KMFR 151131 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 331 AM PST SUN JAN 15 2012 ORZ030-031-151245- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 331 AM PST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES AWAY. GUSTY WINDS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE POSSIBLE OVER THE RIDGES THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ ORZ021-022-152315- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH BEND...GOLD BEACH 331 AM PST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND PEAK DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NORTH BEND...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 101. THESE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 3:19 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 47 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:22 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 43 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:11 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 33 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.