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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2014, 11:45 AM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Jan 9, 2014, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2014, 11:45 AM PST (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301 WWUS76 KMFR 091945 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1145 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING EAST OF THE CASCADES... ...A STRONG STORM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST AND EAST SIDE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY... AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AT THAT TIME. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-101200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.140110T0000Z-140110T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.A.0001.140111T0900Z-140112T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1145 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 45 T0 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SATURDAY MORNING... PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER RIM...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 31 AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DEBRIS...AND COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ORZ021-022-101200- /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.A.0001.140111T0300Z-140111T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT ORFORD 1145 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...PEAK SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORT ORFORD...CAPE BLANCO...COASTAL HEADLANDS AND CAPES...AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 101 COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DEBRIS...AND MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ STOCKTON
2 follow-up statements
086 WWUS76 KMFR 101213 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 413 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING EAST OF THE CASCADES... ...A STRONG STORM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST AND EAST SIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AT THAT TIME. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-110000- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0001.140111T0900Z-140112T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0001.140111T0900Z-140112T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 413 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 T0 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE THIS MORNING THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...STRENGTHEN SATURDAY MORNING... PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...SILVER LAKE AND PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 31 AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DEBRIS...AND COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ021-022-110000- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0001.140111T0300Z-140111T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0001.140111T0300Z-140111T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS...HARBOR 413 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT HEADLANDS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAK EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SLIGHTLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUBSTANTIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS...HARBOR. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 101. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 101 COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DEBRIS...AND MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ DW
707 WWUS76 KMFR 101757 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 957 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...A STRONG STORM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST AND EAST SIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AT THAT TIME. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-110200- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0001.140111T0900Z-140112T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 957 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 T0 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...STRENGTHEN SATURDAY MORNING... PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE...SILVER LAKE AND PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 31 AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DEBRIS... AND COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ021-022-110200- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0001.140111T0300Z-140111T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS...HARBOR 957 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT HEADLANDS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAK EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SLIGHTLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUBSTANTIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS...HARBOR. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 101. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 101 COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DEBRIS...AND MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ SK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:21 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 31 hr | |
| Jan 8, 9:08 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:13 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 64 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:13 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 3 days | |
| Jan 9, 3:35 AM PST | High Surf Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 3 days |
| Jan 9, 3:51 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.