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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Medford, OR

February 27, 2024Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Feb 27, 2024, 2:52 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 28, 2024, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2024, 2:52 AM PST (10:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2024, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 27, 2024, 1:05 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

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

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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 Feb 26, 9:08 PM PST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 9:08 PM PST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 2:17 AM PSTGale WatchMFR11 hr
Feb 27, 2:17 AM PSTHazardous Seas WatchMFR6 hr
Feb 27, 12:52 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more5 days
Feb 27, 1:02 PM PSTGale WarningMFR37 hr
Feb 27, 1:05 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake48 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.