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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Mar 6, 2016, 6:49 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2016, 6:49 PM PST (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
811 WWUS76 KMFR 070249 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 649 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST THIS EVENING... .A RAPIDLY DEEPENING STORM IN THE COASTAL WATERS IS MOVING TOWARD THE COAST. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ABRUPTLY AS THE LOW COMES ASHORE AROUND 9 PM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO WESTERLY AND DECREASE AFTER 9 PM. ORZ021-022-070500- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0013.160307T0249Z-160307T0500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 649 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASTING RAPIDLY TO 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 101 BETWEEN BANDON AND GOLD BEACH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ FB
1 follow-up statement
152 WWUS76 KMFR 070458 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 858 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ORZ021-022-070600- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160307T0500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT ORFORD...GOLD BEACH 858 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST HAVE WEAKENED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 56 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 37 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 35 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:40 AM PST | Freeze Watch | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:53 AM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 14 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.