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Wind Advisory 40, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Nov 5, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2016, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
793 WWUS76 KMFR 042100 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2016 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-050900- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0040.161105T2100Z-161106T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 200 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PDT SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PDT SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK SATURDAY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER TERRAIN IN KLAMATH...LAKE...AND MODOC COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE VALLEY EAST OF WINTER RIDGE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
836 WWUS76 KMFR 051024 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 324 AM PDT SAT NOV 5 2016 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-052230- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0040.161105T2100Z-161106T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 324 AM PDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER TERRAIN IN KLAMATH...LAKE...AND MODOC COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE VALLEY EAST OF WINTER RIDGE INCLUDING PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
589 WWUS76 KMFR 052100 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 PM PDT SAT NOV 5 2016 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-161106T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 200 PM PDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER TERRAIN IN KLAMATH...LAKE...AND MODOC COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE VALLEY EAST OF WINTER RIDGE INCLUDING PAISLEY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * 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. && $$ STOCKTON
368 WWUS76 KMFR 060555 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1055 PM PDT SAT NOV 5 2016 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-060700- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-161106T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1055 PM PDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ SVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 3:32 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 49 hr | |
| Nov 4, 2:26 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 21 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:15 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 37 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.