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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Medford, OR

November 15, 20206 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Nov 15, 2020, 3:50 AM PST for 6 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Nov 16, 2020, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2020, 3:50 AM PST (11:50 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 16, 2020, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Nov 15, 2020, 10:22 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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 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 Nov 14, 8:46 PM PST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 8:46 PM PST, 7 hours 4 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
Nov 15, 4:20 AM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		57 hr
Nov 15, 4:20 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		42 hr
Nov 15, 4:20 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		6 hr
Nov 15, 4:20 AM PST	Storm Watch	MFR		10 hr
Nov 15, 2:43 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	52 hr
Nov 15, 2:43 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	52 hr
Nov 15, 2:47 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		37 hr
Nov 15, 2:47 PM PST	Storm Warning	MFR		43 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Oregon, 2020 High Wind Watches in California, 2020 Every high wind watch 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.