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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2016, 2:19 PM PDT for Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California; Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2016, 2:19 PM PDT (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2016, 7:39 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 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 21:21 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, 9.3 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
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
450 WWUS76 KMFR 282119 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 219 PM PDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS EAST OF THE CASCADES TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A SURGE OF COLD AIR INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH, AND THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER WINDS WITHIN THE NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS. WINDS SHOULD TAPER OFF QUICKLY TUESDAY EVENING. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-290930- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.160329T1800Z-160330T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 219 PM PDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING...REACH A PEAK DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...SUMMER LAKE...PAISLEY...ADEL...FORT ROCK...DAVIS CREEK. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAYS 31...395...AND 140. 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. && $$ BPN
2 follow-up statements
300 WWUS76 KMFR 290900 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED EAST OF THE CASCADES... .A SURGE OF COLD AIR INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA TODAY...STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD TAPER OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING. CAZ084-ORZ029-300300- /O.EXB.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.160329T1500Z-160330T0300Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 200 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING...REACH A PEAK DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...ALTAMONT...BONANZA...MERRILL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAYS 140...39...AND 97. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AWAY OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ030-031-300300- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.160329T1500Z-160330T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 200 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING...REACH A PEAK DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SUMMER LAKE...PAISLEY...ADEL... FORT ROCK...DAVIS CREEK. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAYS 31...395...AND 140. 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. && $$ MAS
245 WWUS76 KMFR 300239 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 739 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 CAZ084-085-ORZ029>031-300345- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160330T0300Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 739 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE LOWERED AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$
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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.