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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR

January 16, 20125 counties in Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 16, 2012, 3:35 AM PST for 5 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2012, 3:35 AM PST (11:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 4:06 PM PST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 16, 1:58 AM PST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 1:58 AM PST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 12:46 AM PST, 2 hours 49 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
Jan 15, 9:58 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		41 hr
Jan 16, 3:35 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	37 hr
Jan 16, 2:06 PM PST	Frost Advisory	MFR	Curry	19 hr
Jan 16, 2:06 PM PST	Freeze Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	19 hr
Jan 16, 2:06 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lake	3 days
Jan 16, 2:41 PM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Klamath, Lake	13 hr
Jan 16, 3:12 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		7 days
Jan 16, 3:12 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR		24 hr
Jan 16, 3:12 PM PST	Storm Warning	MFR		37 hr
Jan 16, 3:33 PM PST	High Surf Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	51 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.