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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Medford, OR

March 11, 20124 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm watch at Mar 11, 2012, 4:24 AM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 12, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2012, 4:24 AM PDT (11:24 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 11, 2012, 4:26 PM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 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 Mar 10, 8:45 PM PST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 8:45 PM PST, 6 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:09 PM PST, 11 hours 15 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
Mar 11, 1:44 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		62 hr
Mar 11, 1:44 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR		20 hr
Mar 11, 1:44 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		5 hr
Mar 11, 4:01 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake	55 hr
Mar 11, 3:02 PM PDT	Storm Warning	MFR		35 hr
Mar 11, 3:02 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine	46 hr
Mar 11, 3:02 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	46 hr
Mar 11, 3:07 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	MFR	Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath	40 hr
Mar 11, 3:09 PM PDT	High Surf Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	35 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.