Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2012, 2:57 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 24, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2012, 2:57 PM PST (22:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2012, 12:01 PM PST
- In force
- 2 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 23:03 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, 11.0 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
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WWUS76 KMFR 232257 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PST MON JAN 23 2012 ORZ031-240800- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.120124T1800Z-120125T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 257 PM PST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEY FALLS...SUMMER LAKE...THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS AROUND LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS COULD POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 31. POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO EXPOSED STRUCTURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DW
3 follow-up statements
570 WWUS76 KMFR 240148 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 548 PM PST MON JAN 23 2012 ORZ031-241200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.120124T1800Z-120125T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 548 PM PST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEY FALLS...SUMMER LAKE...THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS AROUND LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS COULD POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SK
194 WWUS76 KMFR 241147 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 347 AM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ORZ031-242000- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.120124T1800Z-120125T0900Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 347 AM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEY FALLS...SUMMER LAKE...THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS AROUND LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS COULD POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CC
493 WWUS76 KMFR 242001 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1201 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ORZ031-250700- /O.UPG.KMFR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0007.120124T2001Z-120125T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1201 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THIS IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WIND ADVISORY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF SUMMER LAKE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEY FALLS...SUMMER LAKE...THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS AROUND LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. HIGH WINDS COULD POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ LUTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 3:08 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 42 hr | |
| Jan 23, 3:08 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 72 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:52 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 13 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.