Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Medford, OR
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2:20 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 28, 2:20 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 12 hr |
Nearby
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.