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Special Weather Statement, NWS Medford, OR

July 30, 2014Klamath County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2014, 3:01 PM PDT for Klamath County, Oregon. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2014, 3:01 PM PDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2014, 3:45 PM PDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

County Klamath County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 30, 10:29 AM PDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:29 AM PDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:01 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014

ORZ028-029-302245-
KLAMATH BASIN OR-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES OR-
301 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN KLAMATH COUNTY UNTIL 345
PM PDT...

AT 255 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOURMILE LAKE CAMPGROUND...OR 27 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KLAMATH FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCKY POINT UPPER KLAMATH
LAKE...MALONE SPRINGS AND WOOD RIVER WETLAND.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4273 12226 4262 12188 4236 12211 4236 12228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 210DEG 8KT 4247 12218

BTL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 5:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Klamath	46 min
Jul 29, 6:07 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Klamath	38 min
Jul 29, 6:44 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Klamath	31 min
Jul 29, 7:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		46 min
Jul 29, 7:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		34 min
Jul 30, 3:01 AM PDT	Gale Watch	MFR		35 hr
Jul 30, 3:01 AM PDT	Hazardous Seas Watch	MFR		35 hr
Jul 30, 3:07 PM PDT	Red Flag Warning	MFR	Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake and 1 more	32 hr
Jul 30, 3:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Klamath	47 min
Jul 30, 4:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Douglas, Jackson	34 min

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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.