Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2016, 3:52 AM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Jan 29, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2016, 3:52 AM PST (11:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2016, 11:53 AM PST
- In force
- 5 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 11:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 7:19 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.23 | 1 S Adin, CA | MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
660 WWUS76 KMFR 291152 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 352 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND EAST OF THE CASCADES... CAZ085-ORZ030-031-300000- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0006.160129T1500Z-160130T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.160129T1500Z-160130T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEMULT...LAKEVIEW 352 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE WARNING AREA. OTHER AREAS SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH * TIMING: EARLY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE WARNERS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER AVOIDING THIS AREA DURING THE HIGH WIND WATCH PERIOD. COUPLED WITH HEAVY RAIN... LOCALIZED HIGH WATER IS POSSIBLE ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. && $$ ORZ029-300000- /O.EXB.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.160129T1500Z-160130T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- 352 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: EARLY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NORTHERN PORTIONS FROM CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER AVOIDING THIS AREA DURING THE HIGH WIND WATCH PERIOD. COUPLED WITH HEAVY RAIN... LOCALIZED HIGH WATER IS POSSIBLE ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ081-292000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160129T2000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 352 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED AND NEARBY AREAS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...INCLUDING ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SVEN
1 follow-up statement
028 WWUS76 KMFR 291953 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1153 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-300300- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160130T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160130T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1153 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE WARNERS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY TO SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ029-292100- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160130T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- 1153 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ CAZ081-292100- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160129T2000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 1153 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY HAVE LOWERED TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER AND BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2:10 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 68 hr | |
| Jan 29, 1:47 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson | 11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.