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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 13, 2016, 3:19 AM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Dec 14, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2016, 3:19 AM PST (11:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2016, 1:42 PM PST
- In force
- 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 11:16 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, 11.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
145 WWUS76 KMFR 131119 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 319 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ORZ021-022-131700- /O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161213T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...PORT ORFORD... COQUILLE 319 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOW TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...NORTH BEND...COOS BAY...CHARLESTON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...MYRTLE POINT...BANDON. ALSO AREAS INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-132330- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0021.161215T0000Z-161215T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 319 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE...HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS...HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE FREMONT WINEMA FOREST NEAR AND WEST OF SUMMER LAKE AS WELL AS THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. INCREASED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DISRUPTION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ CC
3 follow-up statements
754 WWUS76 KMFR 131635 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 835 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ORZ021-022-131745- /O.EXP.KMFR.FR.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161213T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...PORT ORFORD... COQUILLE 835 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING TO ABOVE FREEZING. $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-140445- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0021.161215T0000Z-161215T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 835 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE...HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS...HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE FREMONT WINEMA FOREST NEAR AND WEST OF SUMMER LAKE AS WELL AS THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. INCREASED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DISRUPTION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
178 WWUS76 KMFR 131636 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 836 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ORZ021-022-131745- /O.EXP.KMFR.FR.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161213T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...PORT ORFORD... COQUILLE 836 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING. $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-140545- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0021.161215T0000Z-161215T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 836 AM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE...HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS...HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE FREMONT WINEMA FOREST NEAR AND WEST OF SUMMER LAKE AS WELL AS THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. INCREASED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DISRUPTION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
801 WWUS76 KMFR 132142 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 142 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO MUCH OF THE EAST SIDE AND THE SHASTA VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...BUT MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL ALSO SEE HIGH WINDS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE PRECEDED BY HEAVY SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS WHICH WILL CHANGE TO RAIN AS HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF PROLONGED ICY AND SLICK ROADS AND STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE IT EASIER FOR VEHICLES TO BE BLOWN OFF ROADWAYS. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-141200- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0021.161215T0000Z-161215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0049.161214T2100Z-161215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0025.161214T2100Z-161215T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTURAS...BEATTY...BLY... SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 142 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH IN THE WARNING AREA...AND SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MOST OF MODOC COUNTY INCLUDING ALTURAS AND SURROUNDING HIGHWAYS...MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LAKEVIEW AND SURROUNDING HIGHWAYS...HIGHWAY 31 FROM SILVER LAKE TO THE HIGHWAY 395 INTERCHANGE...SUMMER LAKE...AND PAISLEY. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...MUCH OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING ADEL...AND MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY INCLUDING BLY...BEATTY...AND ALL OF HIGHWAY 140 FROM THE KLAMATH LINE TO NEAR LAKEVIEW. ALSO INCLUDED IS HIGHWAY 139 IN FAR WESTERN MODOC COUNTY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. INCREASED RISK OF SLIDING OFF HIGHWAYS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND HIGH WINDS. INCREASED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DISRUPTION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. 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. 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. && $$ CAZ081-141200- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.W.0025.161214T1800Z-161215T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 142 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 FROM NEAR WEED TO THE NORTH END OF THE SHASTA VALLEY...THE CITY OF WEED...MONTAGUE...AND YREKA. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. INCREASED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DISRUPTION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ CAZ084-ORZ029-141200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0049.161214T2100Z-161215T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTAMONT... KLAMATH FALLS 142 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK AROUND DUSK...THEN DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KLAMATH FALLS...KENO...TULELAKE...DORRIS... ALTAMONT...AND ALL AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 140 AND 97. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. INCREASED RISK OF SLIDING OFF HIGHWAYS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND STRONG WINDS. * 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. && $$ WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:56 PM PST | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 16 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:56 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Dec 13, 1:42 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 41 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:42 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 41 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 25 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 19 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:08 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 31 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:08 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:30 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 51 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:30 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 55 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.