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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2016, 2:53 PM PST for Jackson County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 10, 2016, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2016, 2:53 PM PST (22:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2016, 6:45 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Jackson County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
328 WWUS76 KMFR 102253 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .HIGH PRESSURE INLAND AND APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BREEZY WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IN PORTIONS OF THE ROGUE VALLEY. ORZ026-111200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0004.160111T0300Z-160111T1500Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 253 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORTIONS OF ASHLAND...TALENT...PHOENIX...AND EAST MEDFORD. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE ITEMS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT AND MAY LEAD TO SOME STEERING DIFFICULTY ON AREA ROADWAYS...MAINLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AREA EXPECTED WITH GUSTS 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BTL
3 follow-up statements
252 WWUS76 KMFR 110826 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1226 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .HIGH PRESSURE INLAND AND APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BREEZY WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IN PORTIONS OF THE ROGUE VALLEY. ORZ026-111500- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160111T1500Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 1226 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH. * TIMING: OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORTIONS OF ASHLAND...TALENT...PHOENIX... AND EAST MEDFORD. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE ITEMS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT AND MAY LEAD TO SOME STEERING DIFFICULTY ON AREA ROADWAYS... MAINLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AREA EXPECTED WITH GUSTS 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FB
177 WWUS76 KMFR 111213 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 413 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ORZ026-111500- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160111T1500Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHLAND 413 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD WEAKEN AROUND SUNRISE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASHLAND...PHOENIX...TALENT. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE ITEMS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT AND MAY LEAD TO SOME STEERING DIFFICULTY ON AREA ROADWAYS... MAINLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AREA EXPECTED WITH GUSTS 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ021-022-120015- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0001.160113T0000Z-160113T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS... HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 413 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG CAPES AND HEADLANDS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING, PEAKING OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BANDON...PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS...GOLD BEACH...HUMBUG MOUNTAIN...AREA CAPES AND HEADLANDS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT EXPOSED AREAS ALONG THE COAST...INCLUDING AREA CAPES AND HEADLANDS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 101. THIS WOULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND DOWNED TREES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ081-120015- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0001.160112T1800Z-160113T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 413 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND THE OREGON STATE LINE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE WIND BLOWN DEBRIS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ083-085-ORZ029>031-120015- /O.NEW.KMFR.HW.A.0001.160113T0000Z-160113T1800Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT... SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 413 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TUESDAY EVENING...PEAKING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...SPRAGUE RIVER... LAKEVIEW...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE WIND BLOWN DEBRIS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BPN
835 WWUS76 KMFR 111445 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 645 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ORZ026-111545- /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160111T1500Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- 645 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR JACKSON COUNTY. $$ ORZ021-022-120245- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0001.160113T0000Z-160113T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS... HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 645 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG CAPES AND HEADLANDS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... PEAKING OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BANDON...PORT ORFORD...BROOKINGS...GOLD BEACH...HUMBUG MOUNTAIN...AREA CAPES AND HEADLANDS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY IMPACT EXPOSED AREAS ALONG THE COAST...INCLUDING AREA CAPES AND HEADLANDS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 101. THIS WOULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND DOWNED TREES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ081-120245- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0001.160112T1800Z-160113T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 645 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE5 BETWEEN MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND THE OREGON STATE LINE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE WIND BLOWN DEBRIS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ083-085-ORZ029>031-120245- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0001.160113T0000Z-160113T1800Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT... SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 645 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TUESDAY EVENING... PEAKING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...SPRAGUE RIVER... LAKEVIEW...HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE WIND BLOWN DEBRIS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 3:21 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 31 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:21 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 55 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:13 PM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 24 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.