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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2016, 2:09 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jan 4, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2016, 2:09 PM PST (22:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2016, 5:30 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 22:12 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, 10.2 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
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
360 WWUS76 KMFR 042209 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 209 PM PST MON JAN 4 2016 CAZ081-051200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.160105T0600Z-160105T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 209 PM PST MON JAN 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...REACH A PEAK AROUND 4 AM PST...THEN GRADUALLY QUICKLY DIMINISH INTO THE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND GAZELLE. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE 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. && $$ CZS
2 follow-up statements
406 WWUS76 KMFR 051031 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 231 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016 CAZ081-051500- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160105T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 231 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING, THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND DAWN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND GAZELLE. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 97...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WRIGHT
215 WWUS76 KMFR 051330 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 530 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016 CAZ081-060000- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160105T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0003.160106T1000Z-160106T2000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 530 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. * IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE 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. && $$ MAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:53 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 31 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:53 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 31 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.