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Blowing Dust Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR

May 11, 2020Klamath County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this blowing dust advisory at May 11, 2020, 1:02 PM PDT for Klamath County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2020, 1:02 PM PDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2020, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blowing dust 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 blowing dust advisory went out at May 10, 4:59 PM PDT, 20 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 4:59 PM PDT, 20 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMFRJackson36 min
May 11, 2:30 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR3 days

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in California, 2020Blowing Dust Advisories in Oregon, 2020Every blowing dust advisory in 2020

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.