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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Medford, OR

August 14, 20235 counties in Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 14, 2023, 1:39 PM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Aug 15, 2023, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 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 14, 2023, 1:39 PM PDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 15, 2023, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 15, 2023, 11:00 PM PDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 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 14, 9:05 AM PDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 9:05 AM PDT, 4 hours 34 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 14, 1:39 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	24 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.