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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 336 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013 CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-220015- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...BANDON... PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH... DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK... CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 336 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND PASS LEVEL SNOW EXPECTED THIS WEEK... A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...BRINGING AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS TO THE AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT PASSES THROUGH...AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 2800 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING IN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVER ALL CASCADE PASSES AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER SISKIYOU SUMMIT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF BEAR CAMP ROAD. SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP BRIEFLY DOWN TO LOWER PASSES LIKE SEXTON SUMMIT AS WELL. HOWEVER...WITH THE LONGER DAYS AND HIGHER SUN ANGLES SOIL AND ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE WARM...AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE. COLD NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BRING BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EAST OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN PLACES EAST OF THE CASCADES MAY DROP INTO THE MID TO LOWER 20S...POSSIBLY CAUSING UNPROTECTED EXPOSED PIPES TO BURST. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES. $$ PETRUCELLI
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 339 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN UNSEASONABLY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ANY PARTIAL CLEARING WOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING IN AND NEAR THE SHASTA VALLEY. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-211845- /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0010.130521T1900Z-130522T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 339 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF LAKE...KLAMATH... AND MODOC COUNTIES...AND THE AREA AROUND SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 140 AND 395 IN SOUTHEAST OREGON...AND HIGHWAY 299 IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$