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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Sep 28, 2016, 2:08 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Sep 29, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2016, 2:08 PM PDT (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 7:18 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 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 21:08 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, 9.1 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
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
665 WWUS76 KMFR 282108 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 208 PM PDT WED SEP 28 2016 CAZ081-292000- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0032.160929T2000Z-160930T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 208 PM PDT WED SEP 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5...WEED...MONTAGUE...AND LAKE SHASTINA. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO SEE IMPACTS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY STRONG WINDS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SO THEY DO NOT BECOME AIRBORNE && $$ SCHAAF
3 follow-up statements
548 WWUS76 KMFR 291317 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 617 AM PDT THU SEP 29 2016 CAZ081-300130- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0032.160929T2000Z-160930T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 617 AM PDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REACH ITS PEAK BETWEEN 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON AND 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5...WEED...MONTAGUE...AND LAKE SHASTINA. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO SEE IMPACTS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY STRONG WINDS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SO THEY DO NOT BECOME AIRBORNE && $$
991 WWUS76 KMFR 292140 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 PM PDT THU SEP 29 2016 CAZ081-300300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-160930T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 240 PM PDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON AND 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5...WEED...MONTAGUE...AND LAKE SHASTINA. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO SEE IMPACTS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY STRONG WINDS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SO THEY DO NOT BECOME AIRBORNE && $$ SK
183 WWUS76 KMFR 300218 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 718 PM PDT THU SEP 29 2016 CAZ081-300330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-160930T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 718 PM PDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY BUT THEY ARE DYING DOWN AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:27 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Modoc | 30 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.