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Special Weather Statement, NWS Medford, OR

August 2, 2025

NWS Medford, OR issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2025, 3:32 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2025, 3:32 PM PDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2025, 4:15 PM PDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 2:23 PM PDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:23 PM PDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:32 PM PDT, 0 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 1, 5:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		42 min
Aug 1, 5:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		25 min
Aug 1, 6:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		47 min
Aug 1, 6:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Jackson	44 min
Aug 1, 7:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Klamath	29 min
Aug 1, 7:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Klamath	44 min
Aug 1, 5:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	47 min
Aug 1, 5:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Del Norte	40 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	2 hr
Aug 1, 5:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	52 min
Aug 1, 6:12 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	2 hr
Aug 1, 6:31 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	119 min
Aug 1, 7:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Modoc	51 min

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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.