SKYWARN · Oregon · California

NWS Medford MFR

9 counties, 3 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #or-wx #ca-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:27 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KMAX interactive ↗ · KMAX at College of DuPage ↗ · KBHX interactive ↗ · KBHX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-West · PNW sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by MFR so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Medford yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Medford yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

8 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.400 MHz KIH32 · Coos Baycovers Coos · 300 W · NWS Medford

162.425 MHz WNG596 · Cape Blancocovers Curry · 150 W · NWS Medford

162.475 MHz WWF97 · Mt. Ashlandcovers Siskiyou (CENTRAL NE) · 100 W · NWS Medford

162.400 MHz WXL85 · Medfordcovers Jackson, Josephine (EASTERN) · 500 W · NWS Medford

162.550 MHz WXL97 · Klamath Fallscovers Modoc (NW), Siskiyou (NE) · 100 W · NWS Medford

162.550 MHz WXL98 · Roseburgcovers Douglas · 100 W · NWS Medford

162.525 MHz WZ2509 · Reedsportcovers Douglas · 100 W · NWS Medford

162.550 MHz KIH37 · Brookingscovers Curry · 500 W · NWS Eureka

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Medford. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #or-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Medford · 9

CAC049 Modoc

CAC093 Siskiyou

ORC011 Coos

ORC015 Curry

ORC019 Douglas

ORC029 Jackson

ORC033 Josephine

ORC035 Klamath

ORC037 Lake