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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Medford, OR

June 25, 2017Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2017, 5:03 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 27 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, 5:03 PM PDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2017, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

645 
WUUS56 KMFR 260003
SVRMFR
CAC093-260030-
/O.NEW.KMFR.SV.W.0021.170626T0003Z-170626T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Medford OR
503 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Siskiyou County in northern California...

* Until 530 PM PDT

* At 502 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grenada, or 9
  miles southeast of Yreka, moving north at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail and strong gusty winds. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...Interstate 5 between
  Montague and Grenada. 

# 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4154 12251 4157 12259 4176 12257 4172 12239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 200DEG 5KT 4162 12253 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BPN
2 follow-up statements
317 
WWUS56 KMFR 260019
SVSMFR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
519 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

CAC093-260030-
/O.CON.KMFR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170626T0030Z/
Siskiyou CA-
519 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT
FOR CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY...

At 518 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grenada, or 8
miles southeast of Yreka, moving north at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail and gusty winds. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles and agriculture is possible. 

Locations impacted include...
Montague and Grenada. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4154 12251 4157 12259 4176 12257 4172 12239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 200DEG 5KT 4164 12252 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BPN
754 
WWUS56 KMFR 260028
SVSMFR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
528 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

CAC093-260038-
/O.EXP.KMFR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170626T0030Z/
Siskiyou CA-
528 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM PDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4154 12251 4157 12259 4176 12257 4172 12239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 200DEG 5KT 4165 12251 

$$

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, 5:34 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningMFRSiskiyou86 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.