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Gale Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR

January 10, 2012

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jan 10, 2012, 2:52 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 10, 2012, 1:00 PM PST. 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
Jan 10, 2012, 2:52 AM PST (10:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 11, 2012, 1:00 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

175 
WHUS76 KMFR 101052
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
252 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

.GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND WIND SEAS WILL BUILD THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

PZZ376-102300-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120110T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120110T2100Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0002.120110T1800Z-120111T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0003.120110T2100Z-120111T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0003.120110T2100Z-120111T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
252 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SEAS: INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BUILD WIND SEAS TO A STEEP TO
  VERY STEEP 10 TO 13 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH
  COMBINED SEAS REACHING 14 TO 16 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS TODAY. WINDS
  WILL INCREASE FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON TO GALE OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS
  THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-102300-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.120110T1200Z-120111T0600Z/
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-
252 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS: INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BUILD WIND SEAS TO A STEEP 6
  TO 8 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH COMBINED
  SEAS REACHING 12 TO 14 FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO
  REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE LARGEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN COOS BAY AND BROOKINGS BEYOND 5 NM FROM 
  THE COAST...AND NEAR THE CAPES. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-102300-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.120110T1200Z-120112T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
252 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* SEAS: INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BUILD WIND SEAS TO A STEEP 6
  TO 9 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH COMBINED SEAS
  REACHING 12 TO 14 FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
  ABOVE 10 FEET UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS TODAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

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
3 follow-up statements
155 
WHUS76 KMFR 102309
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
309 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

.GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND WIND SEAS WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. GALES WILL SUBSIDE LATER
TONIGHT ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE NORTH BY SATURDAY.

PZZ376-110900-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
309 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS: WEST SWELL NEAR 9 FEET AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE VERY STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  SEAS WILL LOWER TO 10 TO 12 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER BELOW GALE FORCE
  LATER TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-111200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T1200Z/
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-
309 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET THROUGH THE EVENING. COMBINED
  SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 9 FEET THROUGH EARLY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
  CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE
  TONIGHT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE LARGEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN COOS BAY AND BROOKINGS BEYOND 5 NM FROM 
  THE COAST...AND NEAR THE CAPES. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-111215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
309 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. COMBINED
  SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY
  EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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

STAVISH
085 
WHUS76 KMFR 110432
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
832 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP SEAS WILL EASE SOME OVERNIGHT...

.GUSTY GALE FORCE NORTH WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS...BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SMALL 
CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

PZZ350-356-111200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T1200Z/
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-
832 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 


* SEAS: WEST SWELL NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET OVERNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 9 FEET THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE LARGEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN COOS BAY AND BROOKINGS BEYOND 5 NM FROM
  THE COAST...AND NEAR THE CAPES.


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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-110900-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
832 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELL NEAR 9 FEET AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET THROUGH
  ABOUT 1 AM PST. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 12 FEET THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 1 AM PST. WINDS WILL THEN LOWER BELOW
  GALE FORCE TO 20 TO 30 KT...CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-111200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
832 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET TONIGHT.
  COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET UNTIL LATE
  WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER 
  GUSTS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

BTL

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
529 
WHUS76 KMFR 110907
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
107 AM PST WED JAN 11 2012

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP SEAS WILL EASE SOME OVERNIGHT...

.GUSTY GALE FORCE NORTH WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS...BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

PZZ376-112215-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0900Z/
/O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T0900Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0900Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
107 AM PST WED JAN 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND
  INTO WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW 20 KNOTS
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: WEST SWELL NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 13 FEET OVERNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 10 FEET THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE LARGEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN COOS BAY AND BROOKINGS BEYOND 5 NM FROM
  THE COAST...AND NEAR THE CAPES.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-112215-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120112T0900Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
107 AM PST WED JAN 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT.
  COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FEET LATE
  WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER 
  GUSTS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-111200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120111T1200Z/
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-
107 AM PST WED JAN 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELL NEAR 9 FEET AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 10 FEET OVERNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 9 FEET THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE LARGEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN COOS BAY AND BROOKINGS BEYOND 5 NM FROM 
  THE COAST...AND NEAR THE CAPES. 

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.

&&

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 7:58 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryMFRCurry, Jackson, Josephine5 hr
Jan 10, 2:52 AM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR22 hr
Jan 10, 2:05 PM PSTAir Stagnation AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine4 days

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