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Gale Warning 41, NWS Medford, OR

December 26, 2011

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Dec 26, 2011, 4:02 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 27, 2011, 2:52 PM PST. It was in force for 31 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
Dec 26, 2011, 4:02 PM PST (00:02 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2011, 2:52 PM PST
Expired
Dec 28, 2011, 10:00 PM PST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

960 
WHUS76 KMFR 270002
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
402 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

PZZ350-356-271300-
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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.111227T0600Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0033.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
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-
402 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4
PM PST TUESDAY.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET DOMINATED BY A WEST SWELL AT 13
  SECONDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME
  CHAOTIC ON TUESDAY WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13 TO
  17 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS EVENING
  THEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE TUESDAY
  NIGHT BUT THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  NORTH OF GOLD BEACH.


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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.111227T0600Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0033.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
402 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET DOMINATED BY A WEST SWELL AT 13
  SECONDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME
  CHAOTIC ON TUESDAY WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 14 TO
  17 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO
  THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS EVENING
  THEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE TUESDAY
  NIGHT BUT THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON
  WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.111227T1200Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0033.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
402 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 4
AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET DOMINATED BY A WEST SWELL AT 13
  SECONDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME
  CHAOTIC ON TUESDAY WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13 TO
  17 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO
  THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS EVENING
  THEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE GALES OF 35 KT WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
  BUT THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.


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.

&&

$$
DW

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6 follow-up statements
182 
WHUS76 KMFR 270638
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1038 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

PZZ376-271400-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0293.000000T0000Z-111228T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0140.000000T0000Z-111227T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.111227T1200Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1038 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM
TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A
GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET DOMINATED BY A WEST SWELL AT 13 
  SECONDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME 
  CHAOTIC ON TUESDAY WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13 
  TO 17 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO 
  THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY STEEP INTO SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY 
  EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS 
  EVENING THEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE GALES OF 35 KT 
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE TUESDAY 
  NIGHT BUT THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON 
  WEDNESDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-271400-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0293.000000T0000Z-111228T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1038 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET DOMINATED BY A WEST SWELL AT 13
  SECONDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND WILL BECOME STEEPER WITH
  TIME AS WIND WAVES REACH NEAR 10 FEET AROUND THE TIME OF FIRST
  LIGHT. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ON TUESDAY WITH WIND WAVE
  DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13 TO 17 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS
  WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY
  STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY 
  EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS 
  EVENING THEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE GALES OF 35 TO 
  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE 
  TUESDAY NIGHT BUT THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT 
  ON WEDNESDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
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-
1038 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET DOMINATED BY A WEST SWELL AT 13
  SECONDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND WILL BECOME STEEPER WITH
  TIME AS WIND WAVES REACH NEAR 10 FEET AROUND THE TIME OF FIRST
  LIGHT. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ON TUESDAY WITH WIND WAVE
  DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13 TO 17 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS
  WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY
  STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 KT BY MORNING THEN BY TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50
  KT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT THEY WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  NORTH OF GOLD BEACH.

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.

&&

$$

BTL

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148 
WHUS76 KMFR 271050
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
250 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2011

PZZ376-280000-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0140.000000T0000Z-111227T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0054.111227T1050Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0293.000000T0000Z-111228T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
250 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL INCREASE AND
  BECOME CHAOTIC TODAY WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13
  TO 17 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO
  THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY REMAIN VERY STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT TODAY WILL INCREASE TO GALES
  OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
  TONIGHT. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT
  MAY INCREASE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE
  ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ZONE.

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0293.000000T0000Z-111228T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111228T0000Z-111228T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
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-
250 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TODAY
  WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS REACHING 13 TO 17 FEET BY THIS
  EVENING. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY
  REMAIN VERY STEEP INTO SATURDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT THIS MORNING WILL REACH GALES
  OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
  WEAKEN SLIGHTLY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT MAY INCREASE AGAIN
  WITH THE NEXT FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED 
  NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

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.

&&

$$

SPILDE

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916 
WHUS76 KMFR 272252
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
252 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2011

PZZ350-356-370-376-281200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0293.000000T0000Z-111228T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0041.111227T2252Z-111229T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.A.0034.111228T2100Z-111229T1200Z/
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-
252 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2011

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. THE GALE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY.

* SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET THIS
  EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WILL
  BEGIN SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS SHOULD FALL BELOW WARNING
  CRITERIA BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL STEEPEN AGAIN
  LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE AGAIN. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 50 KT INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY INTO
  WEDNESDAY...AND FALL TO BELOW GALE FORCE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
  SOUTH WINDS THEN INCREASE LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
  AND MAY APPROACH GALE FORCE AGAIN.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED 
  NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

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

STAVISH
327 
WHUS76 KMFR 281059
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
259 AM PST WED DEC 28 2011

PZZ350-356-370-376-290000-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111229T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
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 PST WED DEC 28 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 13 TO 17 FEET CAN
  BE EXPECTED TODAY. SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT BY EARLY
  THURSDAY MORNING...BUT WILL STEEPEN AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO
  EARLY FRIDAY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT
  WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON...AND FALL BELOW GALE FORCE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
  SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY
  FRIDAY AND MAY APPROACH GALE FORCE.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED 
  NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

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.

&&

$$

SPILDE

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516 
WHUS76 KMFR 282256
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
256 PM PST WED DEC 28 2011

PZZ356-376-291200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111229T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0294.111228T2256Z-111229T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
256 PM PST WED DEC 28 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY.
THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 13 TO 18 FEET WILL
  SUBSIDE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BUT
  WILL STEEPEN AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS SOUTH
  WINDS INCREASE. VERY HIGH AND STEEP SWELL MOVES IN BEHIND THE
  FRONT FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT
  WILL WEAKEN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BY EARLY MORNING. SOUTH
  WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: 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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-291200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111229T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
256 PM PST WED DEC 28 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 14 TO 19 FEET WILL
  SUBSIDE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS BY EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING...BUT WILL STEEPEN AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY
  AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE. VERY HIGH AND STEEP SWELL MOVES IN
  BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT
  WILL FALL BELOW GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS
  WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND MAY
  APPROACH GALE FORCE.

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
658 
WHUS76 KMFR 290547
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
947 PM PST WED DEC 28 2011

PZZ350-370-291200-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111229T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMFR.SI.Y.0294.000000T0000Z-111229T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
947 PM PST WED DEC 28 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY.
THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 13 TO 18 FEET 
  WILL SUBSIDE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BY EARLY THURSDAY 
  MORNING...BUT WILL STEEPEN AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY 
  FRIDAY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE. VERY HIGH AND STEEP SWELL 
  MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT
  WILL DECREASE FURTHER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-376-291200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-111229T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0294.000000T0000Z-111229T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
947 PM PST WED DEC 28 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST THURSDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 13 TO 18 FEET 
  WILL SUBSIDE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BY EARLY THURSDAY 
  MORNING...BUT WILL STEEPEN AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY 
  FRIDAY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE. VERY HIGH AND STEEP SWELL 
  MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT
  WILL DECREASE FURTHER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: 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 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.

&&

$$

SK

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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 Dec 26, 2:53 PM PST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 2:53 PM PST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
253 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

.SHORT TERM...STRONG WESTERLY JETSTREAM WILL AIM FOR CENTRAL
OREGON THIS WEEK. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC FRONTS WILL SAG
SLOWLY TOWARD NORTHERN OREGON COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THEN STALL
ALONG THE COOS BAY TO ROSEBURG LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THE SLOW MOVING
FRONT WILL ALLOW RAIN TO SPREAD INLAND WITH RAIN BECOMING HEAVY AT
TIMES ALONG THE COAST...COASTAL RANGE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN
OREGON...THEN WAVES BACK AS A WARM FRONT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FOR THE COASTAL RANGE WILL BE AROUND 5 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY.
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN JOSEPHINE COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN WITH ABOUT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN. JACKSON AND WESTERN
SISKIYOU COUNTIES CAN EXPECT LESS RAINFALL...ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES
TOTAL WITH THIS SYSTEM. ABOUT HALF AND INCH OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR FORECAST AREA...EAST OF THE
CASCADES AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

HAVE ISSUED THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK TO INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR RISES
IN CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. SINCE THE GROUND IS UNSEASONABLY DRY
IT WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THE RAIN AND THE LARGER RIVERS WILL ONLY
HAVE A SMALL RISE. HOWEVER BY THE END OF THE WEEK THE RIVERS ARE
EXPECTED TO RISE BUT LATEST RIVER GUIDANCE INDICATES THE NEW STAGE
WILL STILL BE BELOW CRITICAL LEVEL.

WITH A WESTERLY JETSTREAM THE VERY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN NORTH OF
THE FORECAST AREA AND SNOW LEVELS WILL BE ABOVE THE MAJOR PASSES.
HOWEVER GUIDANCE INDICATES THE JETSTREAM WILL DROP SOUTH TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS COULD BRING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO NEAR THE
MAJOR PASSES NEW YEARS WEEKEND.

THIS FRONT WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE
CONTINUED WITH THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE COAST AND THE EAST
SIDE. HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE CRATER LAKE AREA IN THE WATCH AS
GUIDANCE INDICATED H7 WINDS OF 50-55 KNOTS. MAY NEED TO EXPAND THE
WATCH TO INCLUDE THE SHASTA VALLEY IF WIND FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTH
TO SOUTHEASTERLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

.LONG TERM...THE WET PATTERN CONTINUES ON FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER FRONT
PROJECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.  THIS FRONT WILL BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO AREAS FROM THE CASCADES
WEST WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW DURING THE DAY FRIDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET.
MODELS ARE SHOWING A SOUTHWEST  50 TO 60 KT MID LEVEL JET MOVING
INTO THE AREA AS WELL AS STRONG LOWER LEVEL WINDS AT THE COAST. THIS
MAY BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE COAST...OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. AS THE FRONT SHIFTS EAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...MODELS SHOW CONTINUED SHOWERS WITH SNOW LEVELS
LOWERING DOWN TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET.  THIS MAY LEAD TO SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ON SOME OF THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING
SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND PASSES IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
THEN...THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE TRENDING TOWARDS DRYING FOR SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. THE GFS KEEPS SOME SHOWERS OVER EASTERN OREGON AND
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...LINGERING THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE
AREA. THE ECMWF IS A BIT FASTER MOVING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST AND
BUILDING A RIDGE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY. THEN...INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK...MODELS ARE TRENDING TOWARDS RIDGING FOLLOWED BY A WEAK
SHORTWAVE AND FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WITH RAIN MOVING
INTO THE COAST TONIGHT EXPECT LCL IFR CIGS TO RETURN WITH THE
COASTAL RANGE MOSTLY OBSCURED.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR ORZ021.

CA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
     FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
     PST TUESDAY FOR PZZ350-356-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
     THURSDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370.
     GALE WARNING FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
     EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY
     FOR PZZ376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY
     FOR PZZ376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY FOR
     PZZ370.

08/99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 1:51 PM PST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
151 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

CAZ082-083-085-ORZ021-022-027-030-031-271400-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
151 PM PST MON DEC 26 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTHWEST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 4:02 PM PSTGale WatchMFR23 hr
Dec 27, 3:08 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas43 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRLake41 hr

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Sources

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