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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Medford, OR

December 17, 2019Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 17, 2019, 2:21 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 19, 2019, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2019, 2:21 PM PST (22:21 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2019, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 18, 2019, 2:50 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 17, 8:46 AM PST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 8:46 AM PST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 2:16 PM PSTGale WarningMFR12 hr
Dec 17, 2:16 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR44 hr
Dec 17, 2:16 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR12 hr
Dec 17, 2:20 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake47 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.