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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 12:22 PM PST for Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California; Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 3, 2016, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 12:22 PM PST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2016, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WWUS76 KMFR 022022 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1222 PM PST TUE FEB 2 2016 CAZ085-ORZ031-031200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.160203T1800Z-160204T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1222 PM PST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAILSEY AND SUMMER LAKE AND HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...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. && $$ CAZ081-031200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.160203T1800Z-160204T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 1222 PM PST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK OUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
4 follow-up statements
365 WWUS76 KMFR 031037 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 237 AM PST WED FEB 3 2016 CAZ085-ORZ031-032300- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.160204T0000Z-160204T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 237 AM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE AND HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...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. && $$ CAZ081-032300- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.160203T2000Z-160204T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 237 AM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CC
013 WWUS76 KMFR 032215 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 215 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 CAZ085-ORZ031-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.160204T0000Z-160204T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 215 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE AND HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...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. && $$ CAZ081-040300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160204T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 215 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
305 WWUS76 KMFR 040223 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 623 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 CAZ081-040330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160204T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 623 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND EASE THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ085-ORZ031-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160204T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 623 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE AND HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MAS
678 WWUS76 KMFR 040546 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 946 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 CAZ085-ORZ031-040700- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160204T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 946 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE OVERNIGHT. $$ MAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2:56 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:18 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 29 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:29 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 37 hr | |
| Feb 2, 2:29 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 62 hr | |
| Feb 2, 2:39 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 13 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.