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Special Weather Statement, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2014, 5:12 PM PDT. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 5, 2014, 5:12 PM PDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2014, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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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</html>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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:00 PM PDT, 12 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 512 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014 CAZ083-060100- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY CA- 512 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM PDT... AT 509 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOUR CORNERS SNOW PARK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF TENNANT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TROUT CREEK CAMPGROUND. 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 4135 12164 4141 12196 4162 12178 4159 12166 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 014DEG 6KT 4156 12174 MAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 5, 5:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | 47 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | 42 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:12 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Klamath | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 7:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Klamath | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 8:24 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Klamath | 111 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Aug 6, 3:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 6, 2:40 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 6, 2:40 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 6, 2:40 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Modoc | 45 min |
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.