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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2016, 8:56 PM PDT for Lake County, Oregon. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2016, 8:56 PM PDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2016, 9:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 219 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
371 WUUS56 KMFR 080356 SVRMFR ORC037-080430- /O.NEW.KMFR.SV.W.0013.160608T0356Z-160608T0430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 856 PM PDT TUE JUN 7 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON... * UNTIL 930 PM PDT * AT 855 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CRACK IN THE GROUND...OR 18 MILES EAST OF SILVER LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRACK IN THE GROUND AND CHRISTMAS VALLEY SAND DUNES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4315 12074 4330 12086 4354 12044 4331 12025 TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 238DEG 26KT 4330 12064 $$ CC
1 follow-up statement
573
WWUS56 KMFR 080422
SVSMFR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
922 PM PDT TUE JUN 7 2016
ORC037-080432-
/O.EXP.KMFR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160608T0430Z/
LAKE OR-
922 PM PDT TUE JUN 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM PDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4315 12074 4330 12086 4354 12044 4331 12025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 238DEG 26KT 4330 12064
$$
CCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Lake | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 7:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Lake | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Lake | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 8:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | 43 min |
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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.