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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR

June 19, 2017Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2017, 7:53 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 52 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 19, 2017, 7:53 PM PDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2017, 8:45 PM PDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2017-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1180 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 2017-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

817 
WUUS56 KMFR 200253
SVRMFR
CAC093-200345-
/O.NEW.KMFR.SV.W.0013.170620T0253Z-170620T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Medford OR
753 PM PDT MON JUN 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Siskiyou County in northern California...

* Until 845 PM PDT

* At 753 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Doorknob Snow
  Park, or 35 miles south of Klamath Falls, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Lava Beds National Monument, Doorknob Snow Park and Four Corners
  Snow Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 12181 4181 12146 4178 12146 4177 12145
      4164 12145 4161 12183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 145DEG 1KT 4172 12162 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WRIGHT
1 follow-up statement
812 
WWUS56 KMFR 200315
SVSMFR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
815 PM PDT MON JUN 19 2017

CAC093-200345-
/O.CON.KMFR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170620T0345Z/
Siskiyou CA-
815 PM PDT MON JUN 19 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM PDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY...

At 815 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Doorknob Snow
Park, or 35 miles south of Klamath Falls, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Lava Beds National Monument, Doorknob Snow Park and Four Corners Snow
Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 12181 4181 12146 4178 12146 4177 12145
      4164 12145 4161 12183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 145DEG 1KT 4173 12162 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMFRSiskiyou39 min
Jun 19, 7:05 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRSiskiyou20 min
Jun 19, 7:14 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou3 hr
Jun 19, 7:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou2 hr
Jun 19, 8:44 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRSiskiyou28 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.