NWS Medford ORSV.W 0017May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Siskiyou and Klamath, CA and OR
The National Weather Service office in Medford issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Siskiyou and Klamath in California, Oregon, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 17th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Medford issued in 2026. California had 7 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 7 in an average May of 2008-2025 (California's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 51 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Medford OR
- Area
- Siskiyou and Klamath
- State
- California
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:09 p.m. PDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. PDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMFR SV.W 0017
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California since 2008Every warning type in California
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The notice as issued
SVRMFR The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Siskiyou County in northern California... Southwestern Klamath County in south central Oregon... * Until 600 PM PDT. * At 508 PM PDT, a line of severe thunderstorms was located 7 miles north of Juanita Lake Campground, or 26 miles southwest of Klamath Falls, moving southwest at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Klamath River Campground and Juanita Lake Campground.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California since 2008112 a year
- Every warning type in California
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels