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Winter Storm Watch 14, NWS Medford, OR

December 15, 20125 counties in Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm watch at Dec 15, 2012, 3:12 AM PST for 5 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2012, 3:12 AM PST (11:12 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 15, 2012, 3:26 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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 Dec 14, 8:34 PM PST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 8:34 PM PST, 6 hours 38 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
Dec 14, 4:20 PM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		24 hr
Dec 14, 4:20 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		24 hr
Dec 14, 4:20 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR		11 hr
Dec 15, 3:03 AM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		14 hr
Dec 15, 3:03 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Watch	MFR		14 hr
Dec 15, 3:12 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	66 hr
Dec 15, 3:31 AM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake	8 hr
Dec 15, 11:46 AM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake	46 hr
Dec 15, 3:26 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	43 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.