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Wind Advisory 38, NWS Medford, OR
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.
- 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
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. $$ CAZ083-085-ORZ029>031-280300- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161028T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1055 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE WINTER RIM... OVER THE WARNERS...AND AROUND MOUNT SHASTA. * IMPACTS...OREGON HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE WILL BE AFFECTED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 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.