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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2016, 1:38 PM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2016, 1:38 PM PST (21:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
704 WWUS76 KMFR 222138 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 138 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 CAZ081-230945- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0010.160123T0000Z-160123T1600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 138 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * 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. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-230945- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0010.160123T0600Z-160123T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 138 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND DIMINISHING LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 AT SUMMER LAKE...THE FREMONT WINEMA FOREST...AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SK
2 follow-up statements
529 WWUS76 KMFR 230941 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 141 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 CAZ081-231045- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160123T1600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 141 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING, BUT WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-231800- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 141 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING THEN DIMINISH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 AT SUMMER LAKE...THE FREMONT WINEMA FOREST...AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WRIGHT
041 WWUS76 KMFR 231803 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1003 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-231915- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1003 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THOUGH THE DAY. $$ SVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:26 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 18 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:33 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Jan 22, 2:13 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 7 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 31 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.