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Winter Storm Watch 12, NWS Medford, OR

April 11, 2012Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm watch at Apr 11, 2012, 3:16 AM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2012, 3:16 AM PDT (10:16 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 11, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2012, 3:33 PM PDT
In force
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 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 11, 2:31 AM PDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 2:31 AM PDT, 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 2:45 PM PDT	Gale Warning	MFR		18 hr
Apr 11, 2:45 PM PDT	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		19 hr
Apr 11, 3:43 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	MFR	Lake	18 hr
Apr 11, 3:33 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	18 hr
Apr 11, 3:33 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	18 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2012 Every winter storm watch in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.