Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

The National Weather Service office in Medford, OR located near the Jackson County International Airport is having critical maintenance done during the last week of April and the 1st week of May 2021.

We have 3 periods of time during this construction project.

The first scheduled power outage is Tuesday, April 27th from 7:00 AM PDT until 2:00 PM PDT, an approximate 7 hour outage.

The second scheduled power outage is Friday, April 30th from 7:00 AM PDT until 2:00 PM PDT, an approximate 7 hour outage.

The third scheduled power outage is Wednesday, May 5th from 7:00 AM PDT until 10 AM PDT, an approximate 3 hour outage.

During these periods our forecast operations will be taken over by our Eureka, CA and Portland, OR forecast offices. All forecast operations will continue during these periods. NOAA Weather Radio transmitters at North Bend, Roseburg, Port Orford, Klamath Falls, Medford, and Yreka won't be transmitting during those times. The Mt. Ashland WSR-88D Doppler radar will be down during these outages. During the downtime, adjacent radars will be available, including: KBHX- Eureka CA, KRTX – Portland OR, KPDT - Pendleton OR, KRGX - Reno NV, and KBBX Beale AFB CA. For direct access to any of these surrounding radar sites, visit the following web page https://radar.weather.gov/

Graphical Hazards Outlook