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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 20, 2012, 9:38 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Nov 20, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2012, 9:38 PM PST (05:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 20, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2012, 2:59 AM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Siskiyou County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WWUS76 KMFR 210538 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 938 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2012 CAZ081-211100- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0036.121121T0600Z-121121T1100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 938 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED TO SOUTH OF YREKA...PARTICULARLY INTERSTATE FIVE NEAR WEED AIRPORT. * IMPACTS...INTERSTATE FIVE NORTH OF BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT TO WEED AIRPORT. * 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. && $$ CAZ083-211100- /O.EXB.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.121121T0600Z-121121T1100Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 938 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...SILVER LAKE...PAISLEY... LAKEVIEW * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON LOCAL ROADS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE AND ON HIGHWAY 140 NEAR ADEL. SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREAS...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ030-031-211400- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121122T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 938 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...SILVER LAKE...PAISLEY... LAKEVIEW * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON LOCAL ROADS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE AND ON HIGHWAY 140 NEAR ADEL. SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREAS...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. && $$ CAZ085-211400- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121122T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- 938 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MODOC COUNTY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395. EAST WEST ORIENTED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 299 MAY BE PARTICULARLY IMPACTED BY THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BTL/MSO
1 follow-up statement
189 WWUS76 KMFR 211059 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 AM PST WED NOV 21 2012 CAZ081-211200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121121T1100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 259 AM PST WED NOV 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ CAZ083-211200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121121T1100Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 259 AM PST WED NOV 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ ORZ030-031-211900- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121122T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 259 AM PST WED NOV 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...SILVER LAKE...PAISLEY... LAKEVIEW * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON LOCAL ROADS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE AND ON HIGHWAY 140 NEAR ADEL. SPORADIC GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREAS...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. && $$ CAZ085-211900- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121122T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- 259 AM PST WED NOV 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MODOC COUNTY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395. EAST WEST ORIENTED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 299 MAY BE PARTICULARLY IMPACTED BY THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.