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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR

September 5, 2020Curry County, Jackson County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this excessive heat warning at Sep 5, 2020, 7:50 PM PDT for Curry County, Jackson County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2020, 7:50 PM PDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2020, 8:18 PM PDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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 excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Sep 5, 2:00 PM PDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:00 PM PDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 7:50 PM PDTHeat AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath3 days
Sep 5, 8:22 PM PDTFire Weather WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more23 hr
Sep 5, 8:22 PM PDTRed Flag WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Josephine and 3 more4 days
Sep 6, 5:41 AM PDTRed Flag WarningMFRHarney, Klamath, Lake66 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Oregon, 2020Excessive Heat Warnings in California, 2020Every excessive heat warning 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.