Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 8, 2011, 4:03 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 9, 2011, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 33 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2011, 4:03 PM PST (00:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2011, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2011, 1:10 PM PST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
015 WHUS76 KMFR 090003 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 403 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 PZZ350-356-376-091200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.110309T0600Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0010.110309T1200Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0032.110309T0600Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0008.110310T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0011.110311T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ 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 CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 403 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY INCREASE FURTHER TO GALE 35 TO 40 KNOTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL REMAIN 7 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT AND THEN BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET TOMORROW AS THE DOMINANT PERIOD SHORTENS TO 10 SECONDS. SEAS MAY BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 8 TO 9 SECONDS...INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 FEET THURSDAY AS INCREASING WESTERLY SWELL COMBINES WITH CONTINUED STEEP WIND SEAS. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS...THOUGH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ370-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.110309T0600Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0008.110309T1200Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0014.110309T1200Z-110311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0006.110309T1200Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0010.110309T1200Z-110311T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 403 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND THEN INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 KNOTS BY TOMORROW MORNING. GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL BRIEF LULLS. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET TONIGHT WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD SHORTENING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL BUILD FURTHER TO 12 TO 15 FEET WEDNESDAY WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD REMAINING AROUND 10 SECONDS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. 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
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551 WHUS76 KMFR 091227 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 427 AM PST WED MAR 9 2011 PZZ370-092300- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 427 AM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS MORNING. GALES FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL BRIEF LULLS. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD FURTHER TO 12 TO 15 FEET TODAY WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD REMAINING AROUND 10 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM. 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-376-092300- /O.UPG.KMFR.SW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0008.110310T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0006.110310T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0014.110310T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0011.110311T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ 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 CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 427 AM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO GALE 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS MORNING AS THE DOMINANT PERIOD SHORTENS TO 10 SECONDS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 FEET THURSDAY AS INCREASING WESTERLY SWELL COMBINES WITH CONTINUED STEEP WIND WAVES. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
903 WHUS76 KMFR 091656 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 856 AM PST WED MAR 9 2011 PZZ350-356-376-100600- /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.110309T1656Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.110310T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.110310T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ 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 CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 856 AM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...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 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS MORNING AS THE DOMINANT PERIOD SHORTENS TO 10 SECONDS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 FEET THURSDAY AS INCREASING WESTERLY SWELL COMBINES WITH CONTINUED STEEP WIND WAVES. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROMSHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-100600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 856 AM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW BRIEF LULLS. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET TODAY WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD REMAINING AROUND 10 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
550 WHUS76 KMFR 092219 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 219 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 PZZ350-100500- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.110309T2219Z-110311T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.110310T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 219 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE TO GALES 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FEET TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-376-100500- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.110310T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.110310T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ 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- 219 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND THEN TO GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROMSHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-100500- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 219 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE TO GALES 40 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
243 WHUS76 KMFR 100006 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 406 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 PZZ356-376-101200- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 406 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL TO GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROMSHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-101200- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 406 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE TO GALES 35 TO 40 KNOTS EARLY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FEET TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-101200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 406 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE TO GALES 40 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
278 WHUS76 KMFR 100807 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1207 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-101200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ 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- 1207 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALE 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
650 WHUS76 KMFR 101308 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 508 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 PZZ350-356-370-376-110000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 508 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALE 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING BELOW 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT 12 TO 15 FEET INTO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
396 WHUS76 KMFR 101656 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 856 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 PZZ356-376-110600- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0192.110310T1656Z-110310T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ 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- 856 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT 12 TO 15 FEET INTO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-110600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 856 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING BELOW 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT 12 TO 15 FEET INTO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
604 WHUS76 KMFR 102110 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 110 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011 PZZ350-370-111200- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0192.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 110 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT 12 TO 15 FEET INTO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-376-111200- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0192.000000T0000Z-110310T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110311T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 110 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 KNOTS THROUGH TONIGHT. * SEAS: SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT 12 TO 15 FEET INTO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SHORT PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO POINT ST. GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ 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 Mar 8, 1:58 PM PST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 1:58 PM PST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
158 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2011
.SHORT TERM...CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER
ALONG AND WEST OF THE CASCADES. THE WARM FRONT REMAINS CENTERED
OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON AND IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTH TONIGHT.
BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED
AND BECOME BROKEN UP COMPARED TO THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE NAM/GFS
AND EC CONTINUE TO SHOW DECENT QPF AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION THIS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO SOUTHWEST OREGON TO
START...THEN OVER COOS AND NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY TONIGHT. AT THE
SAME TIME IT'S ALSO EXPECTED TO DECREASE.
THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN RELATIVE
BREAK IN THE WEATHER. MOST HOURS AND LOCATIONS COULD END UP DRY AND
IF THERE IS ENOUGH CLEARING....TEMPERATURES COULD GET INTO THE LOWER
TO MID 60S IN THE ROGUE VALLEY.
THE MODELS SHOW A COLD FRONT SLOWLY WORKING IT'S WAY TO THE COAST
WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN SHIFTING INLAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS
AN UPPER TROF APPROACHES WHICH WILL PUSH THE FRONT INLAND. AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS ALONG
THE COAST AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF THE CASCADES. MODELS
SHOW 700 MB WINDS AROUND 50 KTS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...A COOLER AIRMASS MOVES
OVERHEAD RESULTING IN POST FRONTAL SHOWERS AND LOWERING SNOW LEVELS.
MOST OF THE SHOWERS THURSDAY WILL BE ALONG THE COAST RANGE AND WEST
FACING SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. IN FACT SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY
140 COULD HAVE SOME ROAD SNOW ACCUMULATION AFTER DARK THURSDAY.
THE UPPER TROF MOVES EAST OF THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN. SHOWERS AT THIS POINT WILL BE ON THE
DECREASE WITH MOST ENDING BY MIDNIGHT.
SHORTWAVE RIDING BUILDS INTO THE AREA FRIDAY BRINGING DRY AND MILDER
CONDITIONS. PETRUCELLI
.LONG TERM...AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN ON
FRIDAY...MODELS SHOW ADDITIONAL FRONTS BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA THROUGH THE EARLY NEXT WEEK. GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW A
LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA BRINGING A WEAKENING COLD FRONT INTO
SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY. MODELS HAVE
TRENDED DOWNWARD ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS FRONT OVER THE LAST COUPLE
DAYS. STILL...EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY LIGHT SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW
LEVELS ARE FORECAST AROUND 4000 TO 5000 FEET WITH THIS SYSTEM ON
SATURDAY.
THEN...MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING A SECOND STRONGER
LOW THAT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA AND BRINGS A STRONG COLD
FRONT INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS SHOW BETTER MID AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AS GOOD MOISTURE WITH IT. THIS FRONT WILL
BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON
SUNDAY WITH STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST AND OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS THROUGH
MONDAY AS MOIST ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES. EXPECT MOST THE
PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY TO FALL AS RAIN WITH HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW.
THE ECMWF AND GFS RAISE SNOW LEVELS AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO 4500 TO
5500 FEET THEN LOWER THEM TO AROUND 3500 TO 4000 FEET IN SHOWERS
EARLY MONDAY.
THE ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES TUESDAY AS MODELS ARE SHOWING AN ACTIVE
JET STREAM WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PACNW COAST
EARLY TUESDAY. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THOUGH ON THE TIMING AND
STRENGTH OF THIS EVENT. /CC
&&
.AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE AT THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT A
WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH RESULTING IN LOW CIGS AND OCCASIONAL
REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES. ELSEWHERE VFR WITH OCCASIONAL MVFR CIGS
ARE EXPECTED. THE BEST CHANCE FOR MVFR CIGS WILL BE IN THE UMPQUA
BASIN AFTER 6Z WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
PST WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 8, 11:50 AM PST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1150 AM PST TUE MAR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE GOLD BEACH 42.44N 124.39W
03/08/2011 M1.50 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR AMOUNT
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SPILDELocal storm report, Mar 8, 12:11 PM PST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1211 PM PST TUE MAR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE BROOKINGS 42.06N 124.28W
03/08/2011 M2.29 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
AMOUNT SINCE MIDNIGHT
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SPILDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:03 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 8, 4:03 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 51 hr | |
| Mar 8, 4:03 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 9, 8:56 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 7 hr | |
| Mar 9, 2:44 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Lake | 25 hr |
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