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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR

November 1, 2013Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2013-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2013-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 2:48 AM PDTHazardous Seas WatchMFR13 hr
Nov 1, 3:34 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR42 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.