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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2014, 7:03 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Apr 24, 2014, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2014, 7:03 PM PDT (02:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2014, 2:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2014, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 13 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 02:07 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 00:00Z, 2.1 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
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
743 WWUS76 KMFR 240203 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 703 PM PDT WED APR 23 2014 ORZ030-031-241015- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0021.140424T0900Z-140424T2200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 703 PM PDT WED APR 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT...REACHING A PEAK THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: EXPOSED AREAS ALONG WINTER RIM AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN LAKE ALBERT AND ALKALI LAKE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE RELOCATED OR DAMAGED. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
557 WWUS76 KMFR 240959 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014 ORZ030-031-242200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140424T2200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 259 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: EXPOSED AREAS ALONG WINTER RIM AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN LAKE ALBERT AND ALKALI LAKE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE RELOCATED OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
978 WWUS76 KMFR 241452 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 752 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014 ORZ030-031-242200- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140424T2200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 752 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: EXPOSED AREAS ALONG WINTER RIM AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN LAKE ABERT AND ALKALI LAKE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE RELOCATED OR DAMAGED. * 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. && $$ FB
927 WWUS76 KMFR 242155 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014 ORZ030-031-242300- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140424T2200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 255 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. $$ STOCKTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:15 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 46 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.