Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 31, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2012, 9:44 AM PDT for Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Oct 19, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2012, 9:44 AM PDT (16:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2012, 8:43 AM PDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
428 WWUS76 KMFR 191644 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 944 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ORZ031-200045- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.121020T0000Z-121020T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 944 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL VEER TO WESTERLY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND PEAK THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY AFTER THE FRONT MOVES EAST LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS AT AND AROUND SUMMER LAKE... PARTICULARLY THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE...THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS OF WINTER RIDGE...AND PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON AND NEAR HIGHWAY 31 FROM ABOUT PAISLEY TO SILVER LAKE. ALSO...LIGHTER LOOSE OBJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN ABOUT IF LEFT UNSECURED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ MSO
3 follow-up statements
311 WWUS76 KMFR 200040 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 540 PM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ORZ031-201200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121020T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 540 PM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BECOME WEST EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY AFTER A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS AROUND SUMMER LAKE...PARTICULARLY THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE...THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS OF WINTER RIDGE...AND PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON AND NEAR HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SILVER LAKE. LIGHTER LOOSE OBJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN ABOUT IF LEFT UNSECURED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STOCKTON
873 WWUS76 KMFR 201100 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 400 AM PDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ORZ031-201800- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121020T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 400 AM PDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS AROUND SUMMER LAKE...PARTICULARLY THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE...THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS OF WINTER RIDGE...AND PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON AND NEAR HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SILVER LAKE. LIGHTER LOOSE OBJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN ABOUT IF LEFT UNSECURED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ CC
442 WWUS76 KMFR 201543 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 843 AM PDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ORZ031-201645- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121020T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 843 AM PDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW LEVELS WARRANTING A WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BTL
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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.