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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Medford, OR

December 7, 20225 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 7, 2022, 3:50 AM PST for 5 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Dec 9, 2022, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2022, 3:50 AM PST (11:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2022, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 8, 2022, 8:34 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, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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 Dec 6, 7:52 PM PST, 7 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 7:52 PM PST, 7 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 2:15 AM PSTGale WatchMFR24 hr
Dec 7, 8:37 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake36 hr
Dec 7, 2:30 PM PSTStorm WatchMFR12 hr
Dec 7, 3:21 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake31 hr
Dec 7, 3:21 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningMFRSiskiyou31 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.