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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2012, 12:12 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California; Jackson County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 6, 2012, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2012, 12:12 PM PST (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2012, 2:32 PM PST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Jackson County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713 WWUS76 KMFR 062012 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1212 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE ROGUE VALLEY... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ASHLAND AND TALENT THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ORZ026-071300- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.120207T0200Z-120207T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 1212 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...DIMINISHING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN AND BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PEAK LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASHLAND...TALENT...AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF PHOENIX. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE FROM PHOENIX SOUTHEASTWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BTL
6 follow-up statements
641 WWUS76 KMFR 062258 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 258 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE ROGUE VALLEY... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ASHLAND AND TALENT THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ081-071500- /O.EXA.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.120207T0200Z-120207T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 258 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PEAK LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF WEED. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE NEAR WEED AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ026-071500- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.120207T0200Z-120207T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 258 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PEAK LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASHLAND...TALENT...AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF PHOENIX. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE FROM PHOENIX SOUTHEASTWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BTL
220 WWUS76 KMFR 062314 CCA NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 313 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF THE ROGUE AND SHASTA VALLEYS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ASHLAND...TALENT...AND THE TOWN OF WEED THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ081-071530- /O.EXA.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.120207T0200Z-120207T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 313 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PEAK LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF WEED. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE NEAR WEED AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ026-071530- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.120207T0200Z-120207T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 313 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PEAK LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASHLAND...TALENT...AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF PHOENIX. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE FROM PHOENIX SOUTHEASTWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BTL
230 WWUS76 KMFR 071155 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 355 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF THE ROGUE AND SHASTA VALLEYS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ASHLAND...TALENT...AND THE TOWN OF WEED THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. ORZ026-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120207T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 355 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASHLAND...TALENT...AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF PHOENIX. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE FROM PHOENIX SOUTHEASTWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ081-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120207T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 355 AM PST TUE FEB 7 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...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF WEED. * IMPACTS...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE FIVE NEAR WEED AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SPILDE
436 WWUS76 KMFR 071755 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 955 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE ROGUE AND SHASTA VALLEYS... ORZ026-072100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120207T2100Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 955 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASHLAND...TALENT...PHOENIX...MEDFORD. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE FIVE FROM MEDFORD SOUTHEASTWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ081-072100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120207T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 955 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF WEED AND WEED AIRPORT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE FIVE NEAR WEED AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STOCKTON
360 WWUS76 KMFR 072048 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1248 PM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY... ORZ026-072200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120207T2100Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 1248 PM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ CAZ081-080000- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120208T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 1248 PM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF WEED AND WEED AIRPORT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE FIVE NEAR WEED AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STOCKTON
832 WWUS76 KMFR 072232 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 232 PM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 CAZ081-072345- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120208T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 232 PM PST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ STOCKTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:23 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 6, 2:23 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 3 days |
Nearby
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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.