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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR

March 21, 2025Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2025, 12:59 AM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 21, 2025, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2025, 12:59 AM PDT (07:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2025, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2025, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2025-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2025-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

996 
WWUS76 KMFR 210759
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
1259 AM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025

ORZ030-031-212200-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.250321T2100Z-250322T1000Z/
Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County-
Central and Eastern Lake County-
1259 AM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT 
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Lake County and eastern Klamath County. This includes 
  Highway 31 from Silver Lake to Summer Lake and Paisley, Highway 
  395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, as well as the higher 
  terrain around Winter Rim, and the Warner Mountains east of 
  Lakeview.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

MAS
2 follow-up statements
420 
WWUS76 KMFR 212112
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
212 PM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025

ORZ030-031-221000-
/O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-250322T1000Z/
Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County-
Central and Eastern Lake County-
212 PM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Lake County and eastern Klamath County. This includes 
  Highway 31 from Silver Lake to Summer Lake and Paisley, Highway 
  395 between Valley Falls and Alkali Lake, as well as the higher 
  terrain around Winter Rim, and the Warner Mountains east of 
  Lakeview.

* WHEN...Until 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Petrucelli
851 
WWUS76 KMFR 220947
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
247 AM PDT Sat Mar 22 2025

ORZ030-031-221100-
/O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-250322T1000Z/
Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County-
Central and Eastern Lake County-
247 AM PDT Sat Mar 22 2025

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

Wind gusts to 40 mph are still possible early this morning, but 
overall winds will subside over the next few hours and the advisory 
will be allowed to expire.

$$

MAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 8:48 PM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.