Alert archive / Oregon / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this freeze warning at Mar 15, 2021, 2:54 PM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 15, 2021, 2:54 PM PDT (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2021, 9:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 9 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 21:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
690 WWUS76 KMFR 152154 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Medford OR 254 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ORZ021-022-160600- /O.UPG.KMFR.FZ.A.0001.210316T0700Z-210316T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.W.0001.210316T0700Z-210316T1600Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- Including the city of Coquille 254 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...The coastal valleys away from the immediate coastline in Curry and Coos County, including the cities of Powers, Myrtle Point, Coquille and portions of Coos Bay * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM PDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Temperatures along the coastline are expected to stay a few degrees above freezing. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
2 follow-up statements
726 WWUS76 KMFR 160441 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Medford OR 941 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ORZ021-022-161600- /O.NEW.KMFR.FR.Y.0003.210316T0700Z-210316T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.W.0001.210316T0700Z-210316T1600Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- Including the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend, Reedsport, Bandon, Port Orford, Coquille, Harbor, and Gold Beach 941 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 expected. For the Frost Advisory, temperatures 33 to 36 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Freeze Warning is for most areas just inland from the immediate coastline including Lakeside, Coos Bay, Coquille, Myrtle Point. Frost Advisory is in effect for the immediate coastline including Bandon, Port Orford, and Brookings. * WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
078 WWUS76 KMFR 161538 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Medford OR 838 AM PDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ORZ021-022-161645- /O.EXP.KMFR.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210316T1600Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T1600Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- Including the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend, Reedsport, Bandon, Port Orford, Coquille, Harbor, and Gold Beach 838 AM PDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... Temperatures will continue to warm above critical values this morning. $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:49 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 20 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.