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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2016, 7:30 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2016, 7:30 PM PST (03:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2016, 6:19 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
290 WWUS76 KMFR 280330 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 730 PM PST SAT FEB 27 2016 ORZ031-290300- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0018.160228T1500Z-160229T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 730 PM PST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...PEAK SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * 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. && $$ MAS
3 follow-up statements
128 WWUS76 KMFR 281048 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 248 AM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ORZ031-290300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0018.160228T1500Z-160229T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 248 AM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WRIGHT
612 WWUS76 KMFR 282210 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 210 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ORZ031-290300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 210 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * 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. && $$ SVEN
138 WWUS76 KMFR 290219 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 619 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ORZ031-290330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 619 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. $$ MAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:06 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:06 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 40 hr |
Nearby
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.