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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR

June 25, 2017Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2017, 5:34 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 86 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2017, 5:34 PM PDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2017, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 715 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WGUS56 KMFR 260034
FFWMFR
CAC093-260200-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FF.W.0003.170626T0034Z-170626T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Medford OR
534 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central Siskiyou County in northern California...

* Until 700 PM PDT

* At 532 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated near stationary 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 
  two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected 
  to begin shortly.

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar may result in debris flows 
moving through several drainages. The debris flows can consist of 
rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 inch or more are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.

&&

LAT...LON 4175 12307 4168 12309 4167 12311 4165 12312
      4163 12311 4161 12323 4177 12326

$$

BPN
1 follow-up statement
733 
WGUS76 KMFR 260156
FFSMFR

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
656 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

CAC093-260206-
/O.EXP.KMFR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170626T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Siskiyou CA-
656 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM PDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4175 12307 4168 12309 4167 12311 4165 12312
      4163 12311 4161 12323 4177 12326

$$

BPN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 5:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRSiskiyou29 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRSiskiyou27 min
Jun 25, 6:02 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRSiskiyou43 min
Jun 25, 6:22 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRSiskiyou38 min

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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.