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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high wind watch at Mar 17, 2025, 8:58 PM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2025, 8:58 PM PDT (03:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2025, 1:48 PM PDT
- 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 04:00 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 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 Mar 17, 4:29 PM PDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:29 PM PDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:37 PM PDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:00 AM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 38 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 26 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:00 AM PDT | Storm Warning | MFR | 38 hr | |
| Mar 18, 1:26 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 47 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:48 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 30 hr |
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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.