Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2012, 2:53 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 26, 2012, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2012, 2:53 PM PST (22:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2012, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 9 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 22:57 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, 10.9 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
482 WWUS76 KMFR 252253 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... .ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT RESULTING IN GUSTY WINDS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN AND AROUND SUMMER LAKE. ORZ031-261500- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0008.120126T0900Z-120126T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 253 PM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING...REACHING ADVISORY LEVELS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID- MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...VALLEY FALLS...PAISLEY...THE WARNER MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE COUNTY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. 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. && $$ BTL
2 follow-up statements
080 WWUS76 KMFR 261044 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 244 AM PST THU JAN 26 2012 ORZ031-261800- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120126T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 244 AM PST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...VALLEY FALLS...PAISLEY...THE WARNER MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE COUNTY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ021-261845- /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.A.0001.120128T1000Z-120128T1600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...COQUILLE 244 AM PST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...COQUILLE. * IMPACTS...LOCAL ICY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON ROADS. UNPROTECTED WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE AND BURST. SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CC
898 WWUS76 KMFR 261758 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 958 AM PST THU JAN 26 2012 ORZ031-261900- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120126T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 958 AM PST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: WINDS CAN STILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF SUMMER LAKE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BUT WILL DIMINISH BY EVENING. $$ ORZ021-270200- /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0001.120128T1000Z-120128T1600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...COQUILLE 958 AM PST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...COQUILLE. * IMPACTS...LOCAL ICY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON ROADS. UNPROTECTED WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE AND BURST. SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ SPILDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 8:39 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 4 hr | |
| Jan 25, 12:48 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 32 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.