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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Medford, OR

January 28, 2018Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2018, 1:43 PM PST for Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 29, 2018, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2018, 1:43 PM PST (21:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 30, 2018, 1:00 PM PST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

County Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 12:00Z on 2018-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2018-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

833 
WWUS76 KMFR 282143
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
143 PM PST Sun Jan 28 2018

ORZ031-290945-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.180130T0600Z-180130T1500Z/
Central and Eastern Lake County-
143 PM PST Sun Jan 28 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from 10 PM Monday to 7 AM PST
Tuesday. 

* Winds...Sustained winds 25-35 mph with gusts between 45 - 55
  mph.

* Locations include...The city of Summer Lake and Highway 31
  between mile markers 68 and 89. Locations above 5000 feet in
  Lake County.

* Impacts...Winds this strong can make driving difficult,
  especially for high profile vehicles. Loose and unsecure objects
  may be blown about. 

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD 

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected with higher
gusts possible.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
447 
WWUS76 KMFR 290942
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
142 AM PST Mon Jan 29 2018

ORZ031-292300-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.180130T0600Z-180130T1500Z/
Central and Eastern Lake County-
142 AM PST Mon Jan 29 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM PST TUESDAY...

* Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 45 to 55 mph.
 
* Locations include...The town of Summer Lake, portions of Highway
  31 between north of Paisley to Summer Lake, portions of Highway
  395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, Winter Rim, and some
  of the Warner Mountains in Lake County.

* Impacts...These wind gusts can make driving more difficult,
  especially for high profile vehicles. Loose and unsecured 
  objects may be blown about.

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD 

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected with higher
gusts possible.

&&

$$

BTL
207 
WWUS76 KMFR 292201
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
201 PM PST Mon Jan 29 2018


ORZ031-301200-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.180130T0600Z-180130T1500Z/
Central and Eastern Lake County-
201 PM PST Mon Jan 29 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM PST TUESDAY...

* Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 45 to 55 mph.

* Locations include...The town of Summer Lake, portions of 
  Highway 31 between north of Paisley to Summer Lake, portions 
  of Highway 395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, Winter 
  Rim, and some of the Warner Mountains in Lake County. 

* Impacts...These wind gusts can make driving more difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles. Loose and unsecured 
  objects may be blown about. 

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD 

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected with higher
gusts possible.

&&

$$
091 
WWUS76 KMFR 301140
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
340 AM PST Tue Jan 30 2018

ORZ031-301500-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180130T1500Z/
Central and Eastern Lake County-
340 AM PST Tue Jan 30 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 45 to 55 mph.

* Locations include...The town of Summer Lake, portions of 
  Highway 31 between north of Paisley to Summer Lake, portions 
  of Highway 395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, Winter 
  Rim, and some of the Warner Mountains in Lake County. 

* Impacts...These wind gusts can make driving more difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles. Loose and unsecured 
  objects may be blown about. 

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD 

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected with higher
gusts possible.

&&

$$
258 
WWUS76 KMFR 301444
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
644 AM PST Tue Jan 30 2018

ORZ031-301800-
/O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180130T1800Z/
Central and Eastern Lake County-
644 AM PST Tue Jan 30 2018

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 45 to 55 mph.

* Locations include...The town of Summer Lake, portions of 
  Highway 31 between north of Paisley to Summer Lake, portions 
  of Highway 395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, Winter 
  Rim, and some of the Warner Mountains in Lake County. 

* Impacts...These wind gusts can make driving more difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles. Loose and unsecured 
  objects may be blown about. 

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD 

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected with higher
gusts possible.

&&

$$
111 
WWUS76 KMFR 301747
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
947 AM PST Tue Jan 30 2018

ORZ031-302100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180130T2100Z/
Central and Eastern Lake County-
947 AM PST Tue Jan 30 2018

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

* Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph.

* Locations include...The town of Summer Lake, portions of 
  Highway 31 between north of Paisley to Summer Lake, portions 
  of Highway 395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, Winter 
  Rim, and some of the Warner Mountains in Lake County. 

* Impacts...These wind gusts can make driving more difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles. Loose and unsecured 
  objects may be blown about. 

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD 

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected with higher
gusts possible.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 2:20 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR24 hr
Jan 28, 2:20 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR12 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.