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Winter Weather Advisory 40, NWS Medford, OR

December 28, 20215 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 28, 2021, 7:46 PM PST for 5 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2021, 7:46 PM PST (03:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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 winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 28, 2:50 PM PST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:50 PM PST, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:31 PM PST, 2 hours 15 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 29, 1:49 PM PST	Freeze Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	17 hr
Dec 29, 2:35 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		58 hr
Dec 29, 2:35 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		31 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Oregon, 2021 Winter Weather Advisories in California, 2021 Every winter weather 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.