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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2013, 2:40 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 2, 2013, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2013, 2:40 PM PDT (21:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2013, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2013, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
644 WWUS76 KMFR 012140 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 PM PDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ORZ031-021100- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.131102T1500Z-131103T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 240 PM PDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG OREGON HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THIS AREA. && $$ STOCKTON
2 follow-up statements
122 WWUS76 KMFR 021018 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 318 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ORZ030-021900- /O.EXB.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.131102T1500Z-131103T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 318 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THIS AREA. && $$ ORZ031-021900- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.131102T1500Z-131103T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 318 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNTAINS WEST OF HIGHWAY 31 NEAR SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THIS AREA. && $$ CC
288 WWUS76 KMFR 021855 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1155 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ORZ030-031-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131103T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1155 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST BY MID AFTERNOON. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THIS AREA. && $$ WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2:48 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Nov 1, 3:34 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 42 hr |
Nearby
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.