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Small Craft Advisory 50, NWS Medford, OR

May 25, 2018

NWS Medford, OR issued this small craft advisory at May 25, 2018, 2:24 PM PDT. It took effect at May 27, 2018, 2:31 AM PDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2018, 2:24 PM PDT (21:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2018, 2:31 AM PDT
Expired: May 31, 2018, 2:22 AM PDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at May 25, 2:00 PM PDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:00 PM PDT, 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 11:59 AM PDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
1159 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2018

ORZ031-251945-
Central and Eastern Lake County OR-
1159 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY UNTIL
1245 PM PDT...

At 1157 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Adel, or 24 miles east of Lakeview, moving north at 15 mph.

Dime size hail, heavy rain, and winds in excess of 35 mph will be
possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Highway 140 near Adel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Heavy rain
is also expected with this storm, and flooding is possible. Turn
around, don't drown. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or
vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4216 11971 4212 11995 4239 12009 4242 11977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 167DEG 27KT 4222 11986

SK

Local storm report, May 25, 1:08 PM PDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Medford OR
108 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     HAIL             16 N ADEL               42.41N 119.90W
05/25/2018  E0.88 INCH       Lake               OR   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC ALSO REPORTS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS, BUT
            NO DAMAGE. REPORT FROM PLUSH STORE.

&&

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 5:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Jackson	33 min
May 24, 6:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Josephine	37 min
May 25, 2:41 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		6 days
May 25, 9:31 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFR	Douglas, Klamath, Lake	10 hr
May 25, 11:59 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		46 min
May 25, 12:38 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Lake	22 min
May 25, 1:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Lake	23 min
May 25, 2:24 PM PDT	Gale Watch	MFR		36 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.