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Freeze Warning 16, NWS Medford, OR

December 28, 2020Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this freeze warning at Dec 28, 2020, 8:47 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 29, 2020, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 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: Dec 28, 2020, 8:47 AM PST (16:47 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2020, 1:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 29, 2020, 9:00 AM PST
In force: 8 hr
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 16:44 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Dec 28, 2:24 AM PST, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:24 AM PST, 6 hours 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 8:05 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	MFR	Curry, Jackson, Josephine	7 hr
Dec 28, 2:06 AM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		13 hr
Dec 28, 3:05 AM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	MFR	Curry, Jackson, Josephine	7 hr
Dec 28, 2:45 PM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Klamath, Lake	22 hr
Dec 28, 2:55 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	64 hr
Dec 28, 3:02 PM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		49 hr
Dec 28, 3:02 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		4 days
Dec 28, 3:02 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Watch	MFR		25 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oregon, 2020 Every freeze 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.