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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Medford, OR

November 12, 2007Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf advisory at Nov 12, 2007, 2:49 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 12, 2007, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2007, 2:49 AM PST (10:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2007, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 12, 2007, 8:22 PM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 00:00Z on 2007-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 00:00Z on 2007-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Nov 11, 8:48 PM PST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 8:48 PM PST, 6 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 12, 1:27 AM PST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
127 AM PST MON NOV 12 2007

ORZ021-022-130000-
CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
127 AM PST MON NOV 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THROUGH 4 PM PST TODAY. A
STRONG FRONT FROM THE PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO COASTAL OREGON CAUSING
SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAY. WIND GUSTS OF
50 TO 65 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE LIKELY AT THE
COASTAL HEADLANDS AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DECREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ORZ030-031-130600-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
127 AM PST MON NOV 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TODAY THROUGH 10 PM PST
TONIGHT. A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY AND CROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...
PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PASSES AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THOUGH SOUTH
TO NORTH ORIENTED VALLEYS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE STRONGER WINDS. WINDS
OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS
WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ081-130300-
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
127 AM PST MON NOV 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY. A STRONG
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY CAUSING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE SHASTA
VALLEY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES
EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SPILDE

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.