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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Medford, OR

August 12, 2023Coos County, Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 12, 2023, 2:55 PM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon. It took effect at Aug 13, 2023, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 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: Aug 12, 2023, 2:55 PM PDT (21:55 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2023, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2023, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 12, 2:52 PM PDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:52 PM PDT, 3 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
Aug 11, 6:16 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Josephine	21 hr
Aug 11, 6:16 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	43 hr
Aug 12, 2:55 PM PDT	Red Flag Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine	53 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.