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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Medford, OR

January 2, 2016Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 2, 2016, 2:47 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jan 2, 2016, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2016, 2:47 PM PST (22:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 3, 2016, 3:05 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

524 
WWUS76 KMFR 022247
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
247 PM PST SAT JAN 2 2016

CAZ081-083-031100-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0001.160103T0300Z-160103T1500Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED
247 PM PST SAT JAN 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...REACH A PEAK AROUND 4 AM
  PST...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED
  AND GRENADA. 

* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN
  SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKING DRIVING
  DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 97...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.

&&

$$

BPN
1 follow-up statement
145 
WWUS76 KMFR 031105
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
305 AM PST SUN JAN 3 2016

CAZ081-083-031215-
/O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160103T1500Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
305 AM PST SUN JAN 3 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD NOT MEET WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 2:48 PM PSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryMFRSiskiyou19 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.