Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 30, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Sep 25, 2011, 2:53 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 26, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Sep 25, 2011, 2:53 PM PDT (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 26, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2011, 6:44 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
372 WHUS76 KMFR 252153 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 PZZ370-261100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0261.110926T0600Z-110926T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0026.110926T1500Z-110927T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0030.110926T1500Z-110927T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 253 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SEAS: SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 9 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS EVENING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY MONDAY...REACHING 13 TO 17 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT MONDAY NIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT OVERNIGHT REACHING GALES 35 TO 40 KT MONDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL EASE BELOW GALES MONDAY EVENING. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-261100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0105.000000T0000Z-110926T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.110926T0900Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0040.110926T1200Z-110927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 253 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY REACHING 11 TO 14 FT AT 10 SECONDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT MONDAY NIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KT THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING THEN PEAK NEAR 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE MONDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. 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. && $$ PZZ356-261100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0105.000000T0000Z-110926T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.110926T1500Z-110927T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0040.110926T1800Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 253 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY REACHING 10 TO 13 FT AT 10 SECONDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT MONDAY NIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT MONDAY MORNING AND PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-261100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.110926T1200Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 253 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY MONDAY...REACHING 11 TO 15 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT MONDAY NIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KT TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT MONDAY MORNING THEN PEAK NEAR 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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209 WHUS76 KMFR 260916 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 216 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 PZZ370-261200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0261.000000T0000Z-110926T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0030.110926T1500Z-110927T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 216 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY TODAY...REACHING 13 TO 17 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT OVERNIGHT REACHING GALES 35 TO 40 KT TODAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL EASE BELOW GALES THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-261200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0105.000000T0000Z-110926T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.110926T1200Z-110927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 216 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL INCREASE TODAY REACHING 11 TO 14 FT AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING THEN PEAK NEAR 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-261200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0105.000000T0000Z-110926T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.110926T1500Z-110927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.110926T1800Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 216 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON TODAY REACHING 10 TO 13 FT AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING AND PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-261200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.110926T1200Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 216 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY TODAY...REACHING 11 TO 15 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN PEAK NEAR 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
571 WHUS76 KMFR 261201 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 501 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 PZZ376-262200- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0105.000000T0000Z-110926T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 501 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL INCREASE TODAY REACHING 11 TO 14 FT AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING THEN PEAK NEAR 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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. && 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. 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. && $$ PZZ370-262200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0261.000000T0000Z-110926T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0030.110926T1500Z-110927T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 501 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY TODAY...REACHING 13 TO 17 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT OVERNIGHT REACHING GALES 35 TO 40 KT TODAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL EASE BELOW GALES THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-262200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0105.000000T0000Z-110926T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.110926T1500Z-110927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.110926T1800Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 501 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON TODAY REACHING 10 TO 13 FT AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING AND PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-262200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 501 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY TODAY... REACHING 11 TO 15 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN PEAK NEAR 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
684 WHUS76 KMFR 262132 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 232 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 PZZ356-271045- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0106.110926T2132Z-110929T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 232 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FT AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 14 TO 17 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY FROM GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 232 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 15 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 232 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 14 TO 17 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 232 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FT AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 15 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
904 WHUS76 KMFR 270144 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 644 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 PZZ370-270600- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110927T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 644 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 15 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ PZZ376-271445- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.SW.Y.0106.000000T0000Z-110929T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 644 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FT AT 11 SECONDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 15 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE LARGE SWELL WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KT THIS EVENING WILL EASE TO 5 TO 10 KT OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 10 TO 20 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-271445- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0106.000000T0000Z-110929T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 644 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FT AT 11 SECONDS THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 14 TO 17 FT AT 14 SECONDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE LARGE SWELL WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 KT CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0259.000000T0000Z-110927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 644 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH WAVE STEEPNESS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT...A LARGE WEST SWELL OF 14 TO 17 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Sep 25, 2:41 PM PDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 2:41 PM PDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
241 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011
.DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA
TODAY...INTRODUCING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SOME RAINFALL ACROSS THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY END UP BEING 15 TO 20 DEGREES
COOLER THAN YESTERDAY FOR MOST LOCATIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
RANGED FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH NEAR THE COAST TO NEARLY A
QUARTER INCH OVER THE CASCADES. INSTABILITY WILL MAINTAIN CLOUDS AND
SOME SHOWERS IN OREGON THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE
IN OVERNIGHT. SOME CLEARING IN COMBINATION WITH THE COOLER AIR MASS
WILL PRODUCE COLD MORNING TEMPERATURES TOMORROW ON THE EAST
SIDE...PROMPTING A FROST ADVISORY AND FREEZE WARNING. LOWS WILL DROP
TO NEAR 20 IN THE COLDEST SPOTS AND LOW 30S IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM
KLAMATH FALLS TO LAKEVIEW TO ALTURAS.
RAIN CHANCES HAVE BEEN TRIMMED SOME WITH THE NEXT WEATHER
FEATURE...AS MODELS HAVE TRENDED WEAKER WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM
GRAZING OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WARM FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED OVERRUNNING WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE
BLANCO MONDAY WITH SOME LOWER CLOUDS AND LIGHT RAIN.
HOWEVER...ENOUGH OVERRUNNING IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT PER
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE TO PAINT MOST OF THE WEST SIDE AND CASCADES
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. ANY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A TRAILING
COLD FRONT TUESDAY WILL AFFECT THE UMPQUA BASIN AND NORTHERN
COASTAL REGIONS.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS GENERATING LARGE SWELL...AND THIS
WILL IMPACT BEACHES LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT DETAILS THIS POTENTIAL HAZARD.
A QUICK WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL PLACE THE FORECAST AREA IN
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES YET AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY WITH FURTHER
WARMING ON THURSDAY...WHICH SHOULD FEATURE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES
THIS WEEK.
LATE IN THE WEEK MODELS CONTINUE TO PRESENT DIFFERENT IDEAS. THE
ECMWF...WHOSE SOLUTION IS FAVORED OVER ON WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN
OVERZEALOUS EPAC UPPER TROUGH BY THE GFS...INDICATES A REBUILDING
RIDGE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FORECAST THEREFORE LEANS TOWARDS A
SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN CLIMATOLOGY SOLUTION WITH TEMPERATURES A TOUCH
ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS GENERATED GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS AND ASSOCIATED INCREASED TURBULENCE ACROSS THE EAST SIDE.
THESE WINDS ARE PEAKING NOW AND WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.
ADDITIONALLY THE FRONT LOWERED THE FREEZING LEVEL SIGNIFICANTLY
ACROSS THE REGION THOUGH ICING POTENTIAL IS DIMINISHING THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LESSENING MID LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA. MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATION IS DECREASING COMPARED TO THIS MORNING PER RECENT WEBCAM
IMAGERY...AND SHOULD CONTINUE THAT TREND OVERNIGHT. INLAND TERMINALS
SHOULD REMAIN VFR OVERNIGHT WITH ONLY SOUTHERN OREGON COASTAL
TERMINALS SEEING ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ029>031.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ029>031.
CA...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR CAZ082-084-085.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
PZZ350.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ350-370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
PZZ356.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ370.
GALE WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ370.
SKHazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 1:38 PM PDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 138 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ORZ029>031-261200- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 138 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 2 AM PDT TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 2 AM TONIGHT FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WITH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 32 AND 36 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADVISORY REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED. CAZ082-084-085-261200- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- 138 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 2 AM PDT TONIGHT FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WITH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 32 AND 36 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 2:32 PM PDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 232 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ORZ021-022-261200- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 232 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...LARGE WAVES WILL IMPACT THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE IS GENERATING A LARGE WEST SWELL THAT WILL IMPACT THE COASTLINE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WEST SWELL WILL INCREASE MONDAY EVENING AND PEAK BETWEEN 14 AND 17 FEET BETWEEN TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS SWELL WILL GENERATE BREAKERS BETWEEN 20 AND 23 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. USE EXTRA CAUTION ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THESE POWERFUL WAVES WILL INCREASE RUN-UP DISTANCE ON AREA BEACHES...ROCKS...AND JETTIES...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AT NOON ON TUESDAY. SK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 6:42 PM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 16 hr | |
| Sep 24, 6:42 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 51 hr | |
| Sep 25, 2:39 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 7 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:24 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 43 hr | |
| Sep 25, 9:40 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 22 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:40 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 22 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:25 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 4 hr | |
| Sep 25, 2:53 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 17 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.