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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2016, 2:43 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2016, 2:43 PM PDT (21:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 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 21:44 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, 9.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
916 WWUS76 KMFR 202143 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 243 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016 CAZ081-210945- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1500Z-160321T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-160321T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 243 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN AGAIN MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG I-5 IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY MAY BECOME 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 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-210945- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1800Z-160322T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-160321T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 243 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN AGAIN LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW... HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND OTHER MOUNTAINS IN LAKE...MODOC AND FAR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AWAY OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CC
4 follow-up statements
145 WWUS76 KMFR 210020 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 520 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016 CAZ081-211230- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-160321T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1500Z-160321T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 520 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...THE PREVIOUS WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG I-5 IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY MAY BECOME 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 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-211230- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-160321T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1800Z-160322T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 520 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY... ...THE PREVIOUS WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW... HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND OTHER MOUNTAINS IN LAKE...MODOC AND FAR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AWAY OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
542 WWUS76 KMFR 211021 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 321 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 CAZ081-212100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1800Z-160321T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 321 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG I-5 IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY MAY BECOME 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 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-212130- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1800Z-160322T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 321 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW... HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND OTHER MOUNTAINS IN LAKE...MODOC AND FAR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AWAY OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FB
147 WWUS76 KMFR 211431 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 731 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 CAZ081-212100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1500Z-160321T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 731 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG I-5 IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY MAY BECOME 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 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-220000- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.160321T1500Z-160322T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 731 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAINS STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW... HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND OTHER MOUNTAINS IN LAKE...MODOC AND FAR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AWAY OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CC
305 WWUS76 KMFR 212057 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 157 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 CAZ081-212200- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160321T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 157 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-220000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160322T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 157 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAINS STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW... HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS AND OTHER MOUNTAINS IN LAKE...MODOC AND FAR EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AWAY OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2:46 PM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 17 hr | |
| Mar 20, 2:46 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 26 hr | |
| Mar 20, 2:46 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 62 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.