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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Medford, OR

August 16, 20237 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 16, 2023, 1:12 PM PDT for 7 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Aug 17, 2023, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 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 16, 2023, 1:12 PM PDT (20:12 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2023, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2023, 7:32 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 16, 10:30 AM PDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:30 AM PDT, 2 hours 42 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 15, 5:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		29 min
Aug 16, 2:35 AM PDT	Gale Watch	MFR		24 hr
Aug 16, 3:04 AM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	MFR	Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake and 1 more	10 hr
Aug 16, 2:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Klamath	30 min
Aug 16, 2:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Jackson	15 min
Aug 16, 3:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Jackson	43 min
Aug 15, 5:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Siskiyou	29 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2023 Red Flag Warnings in California, 2023 Every red flag warning in 2023

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.