Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2010
Gale Warning 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Apr 1, 2010, 2:28 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 1, 2010, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2010, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2010, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2010, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233 WHUS76 KMFR 012128 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 228 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS IN STORE OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST... .TWO STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL BRING GALES TO THE SOUTH OREGON COASTAL WATERS...FIRST FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL ACCOMPANY LINGER BEHIND THE GALES. PZZ350-356-021030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0012.100402T1000Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0017.100402T0600Z-100404T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0021.100402T0600Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0012.100402T1000Z-100404T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 228 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY TO GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING...PEAKING AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE COAST FRIDAY MORNING. STEEP WIND-DRIVEN SEAS OF 18 TO 21 FEET WILL DEVELOP WITH THE GALES. HEAVY WEST SWELL IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET WILL FOLLOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON DIMINISHING SLOWLY INTO SATURDAY TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FORCE WITH OCCASIONAL GALE GUSTS SUNDAY WITH SEAS INCREASING AND REMAINING ELEVATED INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-376-021030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0012.100402T0600Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0017.100402T0600Z-100404T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0021.100402T0600Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0012.100402T0600Z-100404T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY TO GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING...PEAKING AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE COAST FRIDAY MORNING. STEEP WIND-DRIVEN SEAS OF 18 TO 21 FEET WILL DEVELOP WITH THE GALES. HEAVY WEST SWELL IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET WILL FOLLOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON DIMINISHING SLOWLY INTO SATURDAY TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FORCE WITH OCCASIONAL GALE GUSTS SUNDAY WITH SEAS INCREASING AND REMAINING ELEVATED INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SVEN
3 follow-up statements
366 WHUS76 KMFR 020532 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1032 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS IN STORE OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST... .TWO STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL BRING GALES TO THE SOUTH OREGON COASTAL WATERS...FIRST FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL ACCOMPANY LINGER BEHIND THE GALES. PZZ350-356-370-376-021845- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0021.100402T0600Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.100402T0600Z-100404T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1032 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY TO GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING...PEAKING AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE COAST FRIDAY MORNING. STEEP WIND-DRIVEN SEAS OF 18 TO 21 FEET WILL DEVELOP WITH THE GALES. HEAVY WEST SWELL IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET WILL FOLLOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON DIMINISHING SLOWLY INTO SATURDAY TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FORCE WITH OCCASIONAL GALE GUSTS SUNDAY WITH SEAS INCREASING AND REMAINING ELEVATED INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
335 WHUS76 KMFR 020935 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 235 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS IN STORE OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST... .TWO STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL BRING GALES TO THE SOUTH OREGON COASTAL WATERS. THE FIRST FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS THIS MORNING. THE NEXT FRONT WILL AFFECT THE WATERS ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL LINGER BEHIND THE GALES. PZZ350-356-370-376-022245- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100404T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 235 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. GALE FORCE SOUTH WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...PEAKING JUST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. STEEP WIND-DRIVEN SEAS OF 15 TO 19 FEET WILL DEVELOP WITH THE GALES. HEAVY WEST SWELL AROUND 20 FEET WILL FOLLOW BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FORCE WITH OCCASIONAL GALE GUSTS SUNDAY WITH SEAS INCREASING AND REMAINING ELEVATED INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ SANDLER
981 WHUS76 KMFR 021808 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1108 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS IN STORE OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST... .TWO STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL BRING GALES TO THE SOUTH OREGON COASTAL WATERS. THE FIRST FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS THIS MORNING. THE NEXT FRONT WILL AFFECT THE WATERS ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL LINGER BEHIND THE GALES. PZZ350-356-370-376-022130- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100402T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0022.100402T1808Z-100402T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100404T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1108 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. GALE FORCE SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAD PEAKED EARLIER JUST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND WILL SLOWLY BE DECREASING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW GALE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 19 TO 21 FEET WILL DEVELOP WITH THE GALES. HEAVY WEST SWELL AROUND 20 FEET WILL FOLLOW BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY WITH SEAS INCREASING AND REMAINING ELEVATED INTO MONDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 3:27 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:27 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Apr 1, 4:17 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 11 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:28 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 49 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:27 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 20 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:27 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Lake | 29 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:40 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 25 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:40 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 34 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:27 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 29 hr |
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