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Wind Advisory 50, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Dec 22, 2016, 1:16 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Dec 23, 2016, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2016, 1:16 PM PST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2016, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2016, 3:00 PM PST
- In force
- 14 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 21:13 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, 9.3 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
- 1812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WWUS76 KMFR 222116 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 116 PM PST THU DEC 22 2016 CAZ081-231200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0050.161223T0900Z-161223T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 116 PM PST THU DEC 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...REACH A PEAK BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED...INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND GRENADA...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 97 NORTHEAST OF WEED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BPN
3 follow-up statements
258 WWUS76 KMFR 231650 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 850 AM PST FRI DEC 23 2016 CAZ081-232100- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-161223T2100Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 850 AM PST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED...INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND GRENADA...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 97 NORTHEAST OF WEED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
528 WWUS76 KMFR 232053 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1253 PM PST FRI DEC 23 2016 CAZ081-232300- /O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-161223T2300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 1253 PM PST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...WEED...INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN WEED AND GRENADA...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 97 NORTHEAST OF WEED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
028 WWUS76 KMFR 232248 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 248 PM PST FRI DEC 23 2016 CAZ081-240000- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-161223T2300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 248 PM PST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DECREASED NEAR WEED AND WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.