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Gale Warning 32, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 3, 2011, 4:02 PM PDT. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Oct 3, 2011, 4:02 PM PDT (23:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2011, 9:09 PM PDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WHUS76 KMFR 032302 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 402 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 PZZ356-041200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0042.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 402 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING REACHING 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY NOON...AND THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 11 FEET DURING TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS TUESDAY EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-041200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0042.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111004T1500Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ 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- 402 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY MORNING REACHING 25 TO GALES 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS BY NOON. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH STRONG GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 KNOTS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TUESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 11 TO 12 FEET DURING TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 9 TO 13 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 12TO 18 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS TUESDAY EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 14 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-041200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0109.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0042.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 402 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING REACHING 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY NOON...AND THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO 30 TO GALES 45 KNOTS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 11 TO 12 FEET DURING TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS TUESDAY EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO. 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. 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 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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654 WHUS76 KMFR 041153 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 453 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 PZZ356-042145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 453 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING REACHING 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY NOON...AND THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 11 FEET DURING THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS THIS EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED... THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-042145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111004T1500Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ 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- 453 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THIS MORNING REACHING 25 TO GALES 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS BY NOON. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH STRONG GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 KNOTS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 11 TO 12 FEET DURING THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 9 TO 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 12TO 18 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS THIS EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 14 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-042145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0109.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 453 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING REACHING 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY NOON...AND THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO 30 TO GALES 45 KNOTS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 11 TO 12 FEET DURING THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS THIS EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO. 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. 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
017 WHUS76 KMFR 041800 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1100 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 PZZ356-050700- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0265.111004T1800Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1100 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY NOON...AND THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS START OUT AT 11 FEET...THEN VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS THIS EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED... THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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. && $$ PZZ350-050700- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0109.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0265.111004T1800Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1100 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE REACHING 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY NOON...AND THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO 30 TO GALES 45 KNOTS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS START OUT AT 11 TO 12 FEET....THEN VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO. 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-050700- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ 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- 1100 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THIS MORNING REACHING 25 TO GALES 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS BY NOON. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH STRONG GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 KNOTS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS START OUT AT 11 TO 12 FEET...THEN VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 9 TO 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 18 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OR LESS THIS EVENING. WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 14 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. 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
721 WHUS76 KMFR 042153 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 PZZ350-356-051000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0265.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.111005T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ 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- 253 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES GUSTING NEAR 50 KNOTS INTO THE EVENING... DIMINISHING AFTER 9 PM. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS BUILDING TO 12-17 AT 10 SECONDS FEET INTO THIS EVENING...BUT ONLY 10-13 FEET WITHIN A COUPLE MILES OF SHORE. INCREASED WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT WILL KEEP COMBINED SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...AND AROUND CAPE BLANCO. 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-051000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ 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- 253 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES GUSTING AROUND 50 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT WEST AFTER 9 PM. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 13 TO 17 FEET AT 10 SECONDS INTO EARLY EVENING WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 11 FEET AFTER 9 PM. INCREASED WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT WILL KEEP COMBINED SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
873 WHUS76 KMFR 050038 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 538 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-051000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ 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- 538 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES GUSTING NEAR 50 KNOTS INTO THE EVENING... DIMINISHING AFTER 9 PM. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS BUILDING TO 12-17 AT 10 SECONDS FEET INTO THIS EVENING...BUT ONLY 10-13 FEET WITHIN A COUPLE MILES OF SHORE. INCREASED WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT WILL KEEP COMBINED SEAS STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...AND AROUND CAPE BLANCO. 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
806 WHUS76 KMFR 050255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 755 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 PZZ350-370-376-051000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0266.111005T0600Z-111005T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR 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- 755 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 KTS THROUGH LATE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS BETWEEN 12 AND 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL DECREASE BY UP TO A FEW FEET THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STEEP COMBINED SEAS FROM 10 TO 12 FEET AT 11 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THEREAFTER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ356-051000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 755 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 9 PM. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS BUILDING TO 12-15 FEET AT 10 SECONDS WILL DECREASE BY UP TO A FEW FEET THROUGH LATE EVENING. INCREASED WEST SWELL ARRIVING TONIGHT WILL KEEP COMBINED SEAS STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THIS EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...AND AROUND CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
096 WHUS76 KMFR 050409 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 909 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 PZZ356-051000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111005T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 909 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 20 KT AS THE FRONT HAS MOVED INLAND. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 25 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12-15 FEET AT 10 SECONDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. INCREASED WEST SWELL ARRIVING LATER TONIGHT WILL KEEP COMBINED SEAS STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-376-051000- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111005T1000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0266.111005T0600Z-111005T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 909 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 20 KT AS THE FRONT HAS MOVED INLAND. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 25 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS BETWEEN 12 AND 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AN INCREASING WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATER TONIGHT KEEPING STEEP COMBINED SEAS FROM 10 TO 12 FEET AT 11 SECONDS IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ 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 Oct 3, 2:34 PM PDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 2:34 PM PDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
234 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011
.SHORT TERM...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS SYSTEM IS BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TO MUCH OF THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SHOWERS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. ALSO...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS...IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND EAST OF
THE CASCADES WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH.
THEN A STRONGER AND COLDER STORM IS ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE AREA
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW
THAT THIS STORM WILL BRING A ROUND OF POTENTIALLY STRONG WINDS TO
THE COAST AND INLAND TO AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES AND INTO THE
SHASTA VALLEY. HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE OUT FOR THESE AREAS. ALONG
THE COAST...MODELS SHOW A SIGNIFICANT 925 MB JET WITH SOUTH
WINDS OF 50 TO 65 MPH MOVING INTO THE COAST TUESDAY EVENING.
HOWEVER THE DIRECTION AND PRESSURE GRADIENT SUPPORT SOUTH TO
SLIGHTLY SOUTHEAST WINDS WHICH IS LESS FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS ON
THE COAST. HAVE KEPT THE HIGH WINDS WATCH FOR THE COAST FOR NOW
EVEN THOUGH WINDS MAY GUST BELOW 60 MPH. WILL NEED TO EXAMINE THIS
WITH THE NEXT MODEL RUN. INLAND...THE 700 MB WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO INCREASE TO 45 TO 50 MPH TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. THIS
COMBINED WITH AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED
TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO SHASTA
VALLEY...ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. ALSO STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS
MAY OCCUR OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE IN EASTERN
KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES.
OTHERWISE THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE WITH THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
EXPECTED OVER THE COAST AND INTO THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS WITH
MODERATE TO ISOLATED HEAVY PRECIPITATION INLAND. ALSO...MODELS CONTINUE
TO SHOW SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH
SOME SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS CONTINUING BEHIND THE FRONT.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING MAINLY LIGHT MOUNTAIN SNOW ABOVE 5000
FEET WITH SOME MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS FOR MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET.
COLD AIR ALOFT WILL BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA.
THE COLD AIR COMBINED WITH SHOWERS WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF
SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COAST AND FOR AREAS FROM THE CASCADES WEST ON WEDNESDAY. HAVE
INCLUDED THE MENTION OF SMALL HAIL INTO THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY
AND EXPANDED THE COVERAGE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO INCLUDE
AREAS IN SOUTHERN OREGON FROM THE CASCADES WEST AND OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS.
.LONG TERM...A GRADUAL WARMING AND A DRY TREND IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...INTO SATURDAY. HAVE LOWERED POPS SOME BEHIND
THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS SOME QUESTION
ABOUT THE EXTENT OF PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN AREAS ON THURSDAY
AS THE TROUGH GRADUALLY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST AND A RIDGE BEGINS TO
BUILD INTO THE AREA. ALSO WEST OF THE CASCADES THE NAM...GFS AND
ECMWF SHOW A SHORTWAVE OFF THE COAST WHICH MAY BRING SOME SHOWERS
INTO WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA THURSDAY. THE PLACEMENT OF THIS
SHORTWAVE IS UNCERTAIN. HAVE KEPT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER LAKE AND
MODOC WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE. MAY NEED TO FURTHER REFINE
POPS ON THURSDAY IF THE NEXT RUN OF THE MODELS COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT. AS THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY
THEN PERSISTS INTO SATURDAY ...EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS AND
WARMER TEMPERATURES.
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...MODELS SHOW A TROUGH MOVING INTO
BRITISH COLUMBIA WITH A WEAKENING FRONT MOVING INTO THE PACNW.
MODELS HAVE SHOW SIGNIFICANT RUN TO RUN VARIATION ON THIS FRONT SO
CONFIDENCE IN THE INDIVIDUAL MODEL SOLUTIONS IS RELATIVELY LOW.
&&
.AVIATION...FROM THE COAST TO THE CASCADES....EXPECT VFR WITH
AREAS OF MVFR CIGS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN TONIGHT...ALONG THE
COAST EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO INCREASE BECOMING WIDESPREAD AFTER 06Z
WITH AREAS OF MVFR CIGS CONTINUING INLAND TO THE CASCADES EXCEPT
FOR WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING IN THE UMPQUA AFTER 10Z. AREAS
EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL SEE LOWERING CLOUD BASES THROUGH THIS
EVENING BUT CONDITIONS THERE SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY VFR WITH
AREAS OF MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE COASTAL
MOUNTAINS TO THE CASCADES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATION DEVELOPING EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS EVENING THRU
TONIGHT.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR ORZ022.
CA...NONE.
PZ...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR PZZ310.
GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
CCHazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 2:57 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 ORZ021-022-041300- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 257 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ081-083-ORZ030-031-041300- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 257 PM PDT MON OCT 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GLASER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:10 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 24 hr |
| Oct 3, 11:21 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Oct 3, 4:02 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 34 hr |
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