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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR

September 5, 20207 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this fire weather watch at Sep 5, 2020, 8:22 PM PDT for 7 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Sep 9, 2020, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2020, 8:22 PM PDT (03:22 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 9, 2020, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 6, 2020, 7:46 PM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lane County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 fire weather 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 fire weather watch went out at Sep 5, 2:00 PM PDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:00 PM PDT, 6 hours 22 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 PDTExcessive Heat WarningMFRCurry, Jackson, Josephine48 hr
Sep 5, 7:50 PM PDTHeat AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath3 days
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

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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.