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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Medford, OR

May 24, 2026Jackson County, Lake County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2026, 11:04 PM PDT for Jackson County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at May 25, 2026, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2026, 11:04 PM PDT (06:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2026, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired: May 25, 2026, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Jackson County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 24, 10:27 PM PDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:27 PM PDT, 37 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
May 25, 2:32 PM PDT	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		22 hr
May 25, 2:59 PM PDT	High Wind Warning	MFR	Jackson	4 hr
May 25, 4:44 PM PDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	MFR	Lake	4 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.