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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2017, 2:28 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Apr 12, 2017, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2017, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2017, 3:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2017, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
501 WWUS76 KMFR 122128 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Medford OR 228 PM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 CAZ082-083-085-ORZ030-031-130900- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0023.170412T2200Z-170413T0900Z/ South Central Siskiyou County- North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-Modoc County- Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County- Central and Eastern Lake County- 228 PM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 2 AM PDT Thursday. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Timing...From 3pm today until 2am Thursday. * Locations include...Highway 31 near Summer Lake, Warner Pass, Hart Mountain, Doherty Slide, Cedar Pass. * Impacts...Travel inconvenience to high-profile vehicles. * 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. && $$ Stavish
1 follow-up statement
497 WWUS76 KMFR 130859 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Medford OR 159 AM PDT Thu Apr 13 2017 CAZ082-083-085-ORZ030-031-131000- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-170413T0900Z/ South Central Siskiyou County- North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-Modoc County- Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County- Central and Eastern Lake County- 159 AM PDT Thu Apr 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Winds will continue to decrease through the morning. $$ Sven
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2:59 AM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 14 hr | |
| Apr 12, 2:59 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 24 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.