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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS Medford, OR

March 15, 2011Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf advisory at Mar 15, 2011, 2:20 PM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 16, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2011, 2:20 PM PDT (21:20 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2011, 3:00 AM PDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Mar 15, 2:10 PM PDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:10 PM PDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 6:00 AM PDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:05 PM PDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 15, 3:18 AM PDT	Hazardous Seas Watch	MFR	11 hr
Mar 15, 7:54 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR	21 hr
Mar 15, 11:56 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR	17 hr
Mar 15, 2:04 PM PDT	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR	33 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Oregon, 2011 Every high surf advisory in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.