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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Medford, OR
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.
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:48 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 19 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.