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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Medford, OR

March 15, 2021Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this frost advisory at Mar 15, 2021, 9:41 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.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2021, 9:41 PM PDT (04:41 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 04:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 4.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2021-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2021-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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
1 follow-up statement
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 2:19 AM PDTGale WatchMFR12 hr
Mar 16, 1:28 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas19 hr
Mar 16, 2:08 PM PDTGale WarningMFR61 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Oregon, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

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.