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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Medford, OR

July 8, 2025Harney County, Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 8, 2025, 2:31 PM PDT for Harney County, Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Jul 9, 2025, 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: Jul 8, 2025, 2:31 PM PDT (21:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 9, 2025, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jul 9, 2025, 7:33 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Harney County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 Jul 8, 9:10 AM PDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:10 AM PDT, 5 hours 21 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
Jul 7, 6:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Jackson	28 min
Jul 7, 7:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Jackson	37 min
Jul 8, 1:41 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		4 days
Jul 8, 4:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Deschutes	35 min
Jul 7, 5:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Siskiyou	23 min
Jul 7, 6:16 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	29 min
Jul 7, 8:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	32 min

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.