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Special Weather Statement, NWS Medford, OR

August 1, 2021Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 5:04 PM PDT for Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2021, 5:04 PM PDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

County Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

775 
WWUS86 KMFR 020004
SPSMFR

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
504 PM PDT Sun Aug 1 2021

ORZ023-025>027-020030-
South Central Oregon Cascades-Jackson County-Eastern Douglas County
Foothills-Central Douglas County-
504 PM PDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

At 502 PM PDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Three C Rock Campground, or 30 miles west of Crater Lake, moving
north at 30 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
South Umpqua Falls Campground.

LAT...LON 4279 12264 4285 12288 4308 12280 4303 12253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 199DEG 26KT 4290 12273 

$$

CZS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:19 PM PDTFire Weather WatchMFRDouglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lake22 hr
Aug 2, 3:19 PM PDTRed Flag WarningMFRCoos, Douglas, Klamath, Lake29 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.