Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 26, 2011, 2:27 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 27, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 26, 2011, 2:27 PM PDT (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 WHUS76 KMFR 262127 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 227 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-271000- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110328T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0202.000000T0000Z-110327T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0014.110327T1200Z-110327T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0013.110327T1200Z-110327T1800Z/ 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- 227 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TOMORROW. STEEPER WIND WAVES WILL BUILD AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH COMBINED SEAS RISING TO 13 TO 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF AROUND 11 SECONDS. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT SUNDAY MORNING. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
909 WHUS76 KMFR 270959 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 AM PDT SUN MAR 27 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-271200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110328T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0202.000000T0000Z-110327T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.110327T1200Z-110327T1800Z/ 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- 259 AM PDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING AND A GALE WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 13 FEET THIS MORNING. STEEPER WIND WAVES WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH COMBINED SEAS RISING TO 15 TO 17 FEET AND A DOMINANT PERIOD OF AROUND 11 SECONDS. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 15 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
042 WHUS76 KMFR 271203 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 503 AM PDT SUN MAR 27 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-272200- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0202.000000T0000Z-110327T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110328T0600Z/ 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- 503 AM PDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING AND A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 13 FEET THIS MORNING. STEEPER WIND WAVES WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH COMBINED SEAS RISING TO 15 TO 17 FEET AND A DOMINANT PERIOD OF AROUND 11 SECONDS. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 15 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
112 WHUS76 KMFR 271807 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1107 AM PDT SUN MAR 27 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-280600- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110328T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0203.110327T1807Z-110328T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1107 AM PDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KT WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GUSTIEST NEAR SHOWERS WHERE RAPID INCREASES IN SPEED AND WIND SHIFTS MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:48 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:48 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 26 hr | |
| Mar 26, 1:54 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 35 hr |
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Sources
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