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Wind Advisory 38, NWS Medford, OR

October 26, 2016Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2016, 2:38 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Oct 26, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2016, 2:38 PM PDT (21:38 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2016, 11:00 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 21:40 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 12:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

303 
WWUS76 KMFR 262138
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
238 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016


CAZ081-270600-
/O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161027T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.161027T0000Z-161027T0600Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
238 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...REACHING A PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING THEN SLOWLY
  DECREASING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED...WEED AIRPORT...MONTAGUE...AND YREKA.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG INTERSTATE 5 NEAR 
  WEED AIRPORT. 

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ083-085-ORZ029>031-270945-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161027T2100Z/
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY-
KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
238 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...REACHING THE PEAK THIS EVENING THEN SLOWLY DECREASING
  OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE WINTER RIM... 
  OVER THE WARNERS...AND AROUND MOUNT SHASTA. 

* IMPACTS...OREGON HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE 
  WILL BE AFFECTED. 

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
049 
WWUS76 KMFR 270555
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1055 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

CAZ081-270700-
/O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-161027T0600Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
1055 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

$$

CAZ083-085-ORZ029>031-280300-
/O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161028T0300Z/
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY-
KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
1055 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE WINTER RIM... 
  OVER THE WARNERS...AND AROUND MOUNT SHASTA. 

* IMPACTS...OREGON HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE 
  WILL BE AFFECTED. 

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.