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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2016, 2:21 AM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Apr 21, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2016, 2:21 AM PDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2016, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 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 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
576 WWUS76 KMFR 210921 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 221 AM PDT THU APR 21 2016 CAZ081-220300- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.160421T1900Z-160422T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 221 AM PDT THU APR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED AND INTERSTATE 5 IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. * 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. && $$ SK
2 follow-up statements
639 WWUS76 KMFR 212124 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 224 PM PDT THU APR 21 2016 CAZ081-220300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160422T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 224 PM PDT THU APR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED AND INTERSTATE 5 IN THE SOUTHERN SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
654 WWUS76 KMFR 220200 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 700 PM PDT THU APR 21 2016 CAZ081-220300- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160422T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 700 PM PDT THU APR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ STOCKTON
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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.