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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2016, 8:25 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Oct 16, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2016, 8:25 PM PDT (03:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2016, 7:28 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
784 WWUS76 KMFR 160325 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 825 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ORZ030-161200- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161016T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161016T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.161016T2100Z-161017T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 825 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MAINLY ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT THOSE TRAVEL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FALLING LIMBS MAY POSE A 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. && $$ CAZ084-ORZ029-160430- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161016T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161016T0900Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-KLAMATH BASIN- 825 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT HIGH WINDS HAVE ENDED. $$ CAZ085-ORZ031-161200- /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161016T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161017T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 825 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING... STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...THEN LOWER TO PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MAINLY ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN LOWERING TO SOME VALLEYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE IN OREGON. IN MODOC COUNTY...MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE AFFECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG LOCAL HIGHWAYS ...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. 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. && $$ CAZ083-ORZ027-028-160430- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161016T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 825 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT HIGH WINDS HAVE ENDED. $$ CAZ081-161200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.161016T1800Z-161017T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 825 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND YREKA. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG AREA ROADS...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. && $$ WRIGHT
3 follow-up statements
549 WWUS76 KMFR 161159 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 459 AM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 CAZ085-ORZ031-170000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161017T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 459 AM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...THEN LOWER TO PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE IN OREGON. IN MODOC COUNTY...MAINLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG LOCAL HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY...FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ030-170000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.161016T2100Z-161017T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 459 AM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT THOSE TRAVEL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FALLING LIMBS MAY POSE A 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. && $$ CAZ081-170000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.161016T1800Z-161017T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 459 AM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND YREKA. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG AREA ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FB
649 WWUS76 KMFR 162159 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ORZ030-170600- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-161017T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 259 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING... STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT THOSE TRAVEL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FALLING LIMBS MAY POSE A 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. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ031-170600- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161017T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 259 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE IN OREGON. IN MODOC COUNTY...MAINLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG LOCAL HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY...FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ081-170300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-161017T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 259 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND YREKA. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG AREA ROADS...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. && $$
631 WWUS76 KMFR 170228 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 728 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 CAZ081-170330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-161017T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 728 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT...BUT WINDS HAVE LESSENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ ORZ030-170330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-161017T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 728 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT...BUT WINDS HAVE LESSENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ CAZ085-ORZ031-170330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161017T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 728 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT...BUT WINDS HAVE LESSENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 7:16 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Curry | 29 min |
| Oct 16, 7:25 AM PDT | Special Marine Warning | MFR | 65 min | |
| Oct 16, 8:54 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 23 hr |
| Oct 16, 10:47 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:42 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:07 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 63 hr | |
| Oct 16, 3:19 PM PDT | Flood Watch | MFR | Curry | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.