Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 26, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at May 4, 2012, 3:41 PM PDT. It took effect at May 5, 2012, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 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
- May 4, 2012, 3:41 PM PDT (22:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2012, 4:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 4:09 AM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WHUS76 KMFR 042241 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 341 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 PZZ376-051100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T1800Z-120506T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T1800Z-120506T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0019.120506T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0028.120506T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0026.120506T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0014.120506T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 341 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING VERY STEEP IN THE EVENING WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 KT THEN RISE TO GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT SATURDAY EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING THEN STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ370-051100- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120506T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120506T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 341 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATER SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL BE ALMOST AS STEEP SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. STEEP SEAS ARE LIKELY TO RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ON SATURDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-051100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2100Z-120507T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2100Z-120507T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 341 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. STEEP SEAS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RETURN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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656 WHUS76 KMFR 050955 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 PZZ376-052300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T1800Z-120505T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T1800Z-120505T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0026.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0028.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING VERY STEEP IN THE EVENING WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 KT THEN RISE TO GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. THEN STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-052300- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 255 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. STEEP SEAS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-052300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LAT TONIGHT. STEEP SEAS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2100Z-120507T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2100Z-120507T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 255 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS OF 30 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS DECREASE BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT THEN RISE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS TODAY AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
309 WHUS76 KMFR 052019 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 119 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 PZZ376-052330- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120505T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-120505T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0026.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0028.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 119 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING VERY STEEP IN THE EVENING WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT VERY STEEP SEAS WILL RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 30 KT THEN RISE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-052330- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 119 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. STEEP SEAS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-052330- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2100Z-120507T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2100Z-120507T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 119 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS OF 30 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS DECREASE BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT THEN RISE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS TODAY AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ FB HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
461 WHUS76 KMFR 052244 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 344 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 PZZ376-060300- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120505T2300Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-120505T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0026.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0028.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 344 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP THIS EVENING WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT VERY STEEP SEAS WILL RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 30 KT WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-060300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120505T2300Z-120506T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 344 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. STEEP SEAS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-060300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120507T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-120507T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 344 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS OF 30 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS DECREASE BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT THEN RISE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS TODAY AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
931 WHUS76 KMFR 060255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 755 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 PZZ376-061600- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 755 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP TONIGHT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT VERY STEEP SEAS WILL RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 30 KT SUNDAY MORNING BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-120506T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 755 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. STEEP SEAS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RETURN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-061600- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120507T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-120507T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 755 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SEAS AROUND 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS OF 35 KT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS DECREASE BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT THEN RISE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS TODAY AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ FB HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
738 WHUS76 KMFR 061109 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 409 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2012 PZZ376-062300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120507T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0027.120507T0000Z-120507T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 409 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE AROUND 9 TO 10 FEET AT 8 SECONDS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 11 TO 13 FEET THEN BUILD TO A PEAK OF AROUND 15 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT INTO THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ350-062300- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0057.120506T2100Z-120507T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0048.120506T2100Z-120507T0900Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 409 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-062300- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.120506T2100Z-120507T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.120506T2100Z-120507T0900Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 409 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF COOS BAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-062300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-120507T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-120507T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 409 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. SEAS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY WITH PERIODS OF STEEP SEAS LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ DW 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 May 4, 1:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
100 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012
.DISCUSSION...04/12Z NAM/GFS IN.
AN UPPER TROUGH IS NOW MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...AND THIS IS SUPPORTING SHOWER ACTIVITY. THE STRONGEST
SHOWERS ARE IN A BAND STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU AND
MODOC COUNTIES. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE OCCURRED OVER MODOC
COUNTY.
THE TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND THE SHOWERS
WILL END AS IT DOES SO. A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL THEN MOVE
IN...KICKING OFF AN OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW EVENT.
IT WILL BE DRY SATURDAY THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. INLAND HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO JUST BELOW NORMAL SATURDAY...ABOVE
NORMAL SUNDAY... AND THEN 8-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON MONDAY.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE EC/GFS ENSEMBLES CLUSTER TIGHTLY INTO TUESDAY...THEN GRADUALLY
SPREAD THROUGH FRIDAY...AS ONE WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT. THE
OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS CUT A PATH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
CLUSTERS FOR THE MOST PART. SO WILL GO WITH THE GENERAL SCENARIO
DEPICTED BY THE OPERATIONAL EC/GFS SOLUTIONS.
SHORT WAVES MOVING OVER THE RIDGE WILL SLOWLY BUT SURELY WEAR IT
DOWN...AND THE WEAKENED RIDGE WILL BREAK TO THE EAST TUESDAY. THE
UPSTREAM TROUGH IS WEAK THIS FAR SOUTH AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE TUESDAY EVENING. GIVEN THE WEAK UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT FOR THIS FRONT AND THAT IT IS THE FIRST FRONT
ONSHORE AFTER AN OFFSHORE EVENT...WILL GO WITH A DRY FRONTAL
PASSAGE AT THIS TIME. THE FIRST FRONT IN AFTER AN OFFSHORE FLOW
EVENT IS USUALLY OVERDONE BY THE MODELS AND THE MODELS HAVE VERY
LITTLE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM TO BEGIN WITH.
AFTER THAT FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN
OFFSHORE AGAIN FOR DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES INLAND.
AT SOME POINT A STRONG ENOUGH TROUGH WILL MOVE IN TO INDUCE
SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME A
THREAT AGAIN. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN
THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY
...EXCEPT FOR LOCAL MVFR CIGS NEAR SHOWERS. THE LARGEST AREA OF
MVFR CIGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS STRETCHING THROUGH
LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES...AND THAT WILL MOVE OUT TO THE EAST LATER
TODAY.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 11
PM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ356.
GALE WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR PZZ376.
15/17/16The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:53 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 6 hr | |
| May 4, 2:31 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| May 4, 2:31 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| May 4, 2:31 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 71 hr | |
| May 4, 2:31 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 71 hr | |
| May 4, 3:41 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 7 days | |
| May 4, 4:28 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 15 hr |
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