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Wind Advisory 41, NWS Medford, OR

November 10, 2016Siskiyou County, California; Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 10, 2016, 1:23 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California; Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 11, 2016, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2016, 1:23 PM PST (21:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 12, 2016, 6:30 AM PST
In force
18 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 21:27 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, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-11-10Temperature 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 2016-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

081 
WWUS76 KMFR 102123
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
123 PM PST THU NOV 10 2016


CAZ081-111300-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.161111T2100Z-161112T0600Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED
123 PM PST THU NOV 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50
  MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK OUT FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY
  EVENING...THEN DECREASING FRIDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...INTERSTATE 5 SOUTH OF GRENADA TO WEED. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOST.

* 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.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ORZ030-031-111300-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.161111T2100Z-161112T1200Z/
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
123 PM PST THU NOV 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 55 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING...PEAK OUT FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE
  FRIDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN KLAMATH AND LAKE
  COUNTIES...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 WEST OF PAISLEY.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 WEST
  OF PAISLEY. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOST.

* 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.

&&

$$

PETRUCELLI
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS76 KMFR 111105
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
305 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2016

ORZ021-023-111700-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FG.Y.0007.161111T1105Z-161111T1700Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...
GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE
305 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2016

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* VISIBILITY...AREAS OF VISIBILITIES OF 1/4 MILE OR LESS.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...ELKTON...DRAIN...
  AND THE TRI-CITY AREA.

* IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 99 WILL BE AFFECTED BY DENSE
  FOG.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER 
  VEHICLES.

* FOG MAKES OBJECTS APPEAR FARTHER AWAY THAN THEY ARE

* USE LOW BEAMS. HIGH BEAMS REFLECT BACK THICK FOG, MAKING 
  VISIBILITY WORSE FOR YOU AND OTHER DRIVERS.

* BE PREPARED. KEEP YOUR HEADLIGHTS CLEAN. THAT WAY, YOU'RE 
  READY FOR LOW-VISIBILITY CONDITIONS

* DON'T USE CRUISE CONTROL. MOST CRASHES OCCUR BECAUSE THE 
  DRIVER IS GOING TOO FAST FOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ORZ030-031-112315-
/O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.161111T2100Z-161112T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
305 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM
   PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 WITH GUSTS 
  UP TO 55 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN KLAMATH AND LAKE
  COUNTIES...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND
  SUMMER LAKE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31
  BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN
  AROUND OR LOST.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ081-112315-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.161111T2100Z-161112T0600Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED
305 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
   10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN
  DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...INTERSTATE 5 SOUTH OF GRENADA TO WEED.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOST. 

* 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.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.

&&

$$

STOCKTON
509 
WWUS76 KMFR 112221
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
221 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2016


CAZ081-120900-
/O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161112T0900Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED
221 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING...THEN
  DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...INTERSTATE 5 FROM GRENADA TO WEED.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOST. 

* 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.


MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ORZ030-031-121300-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161112T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
221 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 WITH GUSTS 
  UP TO 55 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...THEN DECREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN KLAMATH AND LAKE
  COUNTIES...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER
  LAKE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 
  BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN 
  AROUND OR LOST. 

* 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.

&&

$$

PETRUCELLI
843 
WWUS76 KMFR 120855
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1255 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2016

CAZ081-121000-
/O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161112T0900Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED
1255 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...

WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST.

$$

ORZ030-031-121500-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161112T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
1255 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN KLAMATH AND LAKE 
  COUNTIES...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER 
  LAKE. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31 
  BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SUMMER LAKE. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN 
  AROUND OR LOST. 

* 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
808 
WWUS76 KMFR 121430
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
630 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2016

ORZ030-031-121530-
/O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161112T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
630 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

MAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 3:22 AM PSTHazardous Seas WatchMFR6 hr
Nov 10, 3:22 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR6 hr
Nov 10, 3:22 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR34 hr
Nov 10, 9:02 AM PSTGale WatchMFR6 hr
Nov 10, 9:02 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR46 hr
Nov 10, 2:42 PM PSTGale WarningMFR34 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.