Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 32, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jun 15, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT. It took effect at Jun 15, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297 WHUS76 KMFR 150900 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 AM PDT FRI JUN 15 2012 PZZ356-376-152200- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120615T0900Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120615T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0071.120615T0900Z-120615T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0071.120615T0900Z-120615T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0032.120615T2100Z-120617T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0036.120615T2100Z-120617T0900Z/ 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- 200 AM PDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 30 TO 35 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. THE GALES WILL DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS WILL SUBSIDE TO 6 TO 9 FEET IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL BE AROUND 7 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
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985 WHUS76 KMFR 152104 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 204 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2012 PZZ356-376-161015- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-120615T2100Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-120615T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120617T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120617T0600Z/ 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- 204 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GALES WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN SUBSIDE TO 6 TO 9 FEET OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL RISE TO 8 TO 11 FEET AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL BE AROUND 7 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
029 WHUS76 KMFR 160347 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 847 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2012 PZZ356-376-161700- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120617T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120617T0600Z/ 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- 847 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GALES WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN SUBSIDE TO 6 TO 9 FEET OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL RISE TO 8 TO 11 FEET AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL BE AROUND 7 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
738 WHUS76 KMFR 161000 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 300 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 PZZ356-376-162300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120617T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120617T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 300 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 6 SECONDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH LATE TONIGHT...BUT THE PERIOD WILL RISE TO 10 TO 11 SECONDS...MAKING SEAS LESS STEEP. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
606 WHUS76 KMFR 162115 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 215 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 PZZ356-376-171015- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120618T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120618T0600Z/ 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- 215 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 6 SECONDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN STEEP AS WESTERLY SWELL ARRIVES. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WIND WAVES AND SWELL COMBINING FOR WAVE HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
617 WHUS76 KMFR 170332 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 832 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 PZZ356-376-171645- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120618T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120618T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 832 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 6 SECONDS THIS EVENING WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN STEEP AS WESTERLY SWELL ARRIVES. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WIND WAVES AND SWELL COMBINING FOR WAVE HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
688 WHUS76 KMFR 170955 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 AM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 PZZ356-376-172300- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ 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- 255 AM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 6 SECONDS THIS EVENING WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN STEEP AS WESTERLY SWELL ARRIVES. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WIND WAVES AND SWELL COMBINING FOR WAVE HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
578 WHUS76 KMFR 172127 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 227 PM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 PZZ356-376-181030- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 227 PM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 13 FEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 6 SECONDS. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT OVERNIGHT, BUT WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR HEIGHTS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
349 WHUS76 KMFR 180314 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 814 PM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 PZZ356-376-181615- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ 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- 814 PM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS EVENINGS WILL DIMINISH TO NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL INCREASE TO GALES AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 13 FEET THIS EVENING WILL SUBSIDE A BIT OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR HEIGHTS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 6 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
246 WHUS76 KMFR 181000 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 300 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 PZZ356-182300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0072.120618T1000Z-120620T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.120618T1000Z-120620T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 300 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. NORTH GALES MAY RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...WITH THE SWELL BECOMING DOMINANT IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE SWELL WILL HAVE A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 TO 12 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 10 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ PZZ376-182300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 300 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO NORTH GALES 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 8 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 12 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE SEAS BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE SWELL ONCE AGAIN BECOMING DOMINANT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 10 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
057 WHUS76 KMFR 182118 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 218 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 PZZ376-191030- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0025.120620T0000Z-120621T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 218 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL REMAIN AROUND 8 TO 11 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE SEAS BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT... WITH THE SWELL ONCE AGAIN BECOMING DOMINANT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 10 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ370-190600- /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 218 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...WITH THE SWELL BECOMING DOMINANT IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE SWELL WILL HAVE A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 TO 12 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO AND 10 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ PZZ356-191030- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 218 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...WITH THE SWELL BECOMING DOMINANT IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE SWELL WILL HAVE A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 TO 12 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 10 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
342 WHUS76 KMFR 190405 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 905 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 PZZ376-191715- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0025.120620T0000Z-120621T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 905 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A GALE 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 WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 11 FEET THIS EVENING...WITH THE SEAS DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT. THE SWELL PERIOD WILL THEN BE DOMINANT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 10 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-191715- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 905 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...WITH THE SWELL BECOMING DOMINANT IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE SWELL WILL HAVE A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 TO 12 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 10 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-190600- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 905 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...WITH THE SWELL BECOMING DOMINANT IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE SWELL WILL HAVE A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 TO 12 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO AND 10 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
066 WHUS76 KMFR 190553 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1053 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 PZZ376-191900- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0072.120619T0600Z-120620T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.120619T0600Z-120620T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0025.120620T0000Z-120621T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1053 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 11 FEET THIS EVENING...WITH THE SEAS DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT. THE SWELL PERIOD WILL THEN BE DOMINANT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 10 TO 20 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ PZZ370-190700- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120619T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1053 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. $$ PZZ356-191900- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1053 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...WITH THE SWELL BECOMING DOMINANT IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THE SWELL WILL HAVE A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 TO 12 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 10 NM OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ 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 Jun 14, 9:05 PM PDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:05 PM PDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
905 PM PDT THU JUN 14 2012
.DISCUSSION...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIN CIRRUS MOVING OVER THE
REGION...TONIGHT LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT WITH ANY LOW
CLOUDS MORE THAN 30 MILES OFFSHORE EXCEPT NEAR CAPE BLANCO. LOW
CLOUDS WILL FILL INTO THE COQUILLE VALLEY AGAIN BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY MORNING. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND WILL NOT
UPDATE THIS EVENING.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...A RELATIVELY QUIET FORECAST IN THE SHORT TERM.
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING TOWARD THE COAST. THIS FEATURE IS
HELPING TO SUPPRESS THE THERMAL TROUGH AND KEEP IT SOUTH OF OUR
AREA. SO WHILE WINDS CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS, THEY ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL ALSO AID IN BRINGING THE MARINE STRATUS FARTHER INLAND
OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
SEASONABLE BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW.
THE RIDGE AXIS FROM THE PACIFIC HIGH WILL EXTEND OVER OUR AREA ON
SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE THERMAL TROUGH TO BUILD SOME AND
WILL LIKELY BRING US OUR WARMEST DAY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
THE ROGUE VALLEY SHOULD REACH INTO THE MID 90S AND THE EAST SIDE
WILL BE WELL INTO THE 80S. THE GUSTIEST CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN
SOUTHWEST SISKIYOU COUNTY AND THROUGH CURRY COUNTY. BUT SUNDAY
ANOTHER PRONOUNCED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM
THE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN SHUNT THE THERMAL TROUGH
SOUTHWARD AND BRING COOLER CONDITIONS WITH A RESPECTIVE MARINE
PUSH OVER THE WEST SIDE. THIS TROUGH WILL HELP TO MIX THINGS OUT
QUITE WELL DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECASTED TO
BE 15 TO 20 KTS OVER MUCH OF THE EASTSIDE WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KTS.
CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS POINT,
BUT THIS WILL BEAR WATCHING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE ALSO
INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRIZZLE FOR THE COAST AND UMPQUA
BASIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS WITH THE DEEPER MARINE LAYER.
AS THIS TROUGH SHIFTS EASTWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE PACIFIC HIGH
FINALLY BUILDS OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW THE THERMAL TROUGH
TO BECOME MORE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED OVER THE TYPICAL COASTAL AREA.
AFTER NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THINGS WILL
WARM UP SIGNIFICANTLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND EC
INDICATE ANOTHER LONGWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE AREA BY NEXT
WEEKEND, BUT THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TIMING AND
STRENGTH OF THAT FEATURE. IF THAT WERE THE CASE, CONVECTION WOULD
CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH
PRESSURE WILL KEEP SKIES CLEAR OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER ALONG THE COOS
COUNTY COAST LOW CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INLAND AROUND 03Z
WITH LCL MVFR CIGS. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD BY
MIDNIGHT. WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY COULD SEE LOW CLOUDS AND MVFR
CIGS BY LATE TONIGHT WITH MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE AT KRBG AROUND
DAYBREAK. INCREASING NORTH-SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENTS COULD BRING
LOW CLOUDS OVER THE UMPQUA DIVIDE WITH LCL MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE
ACROSS NORTHERN JOSEPHINE AND JACKSON COUNTIES. /FB
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...A THERMAL TROUGH OVER CALIFORNIA WILL KEEP NORTH
FLOW GOING OVER SW OREGON AND NORCAL FIRE DISTRICTS THROUGH FRIDAY.
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND,
ALLOWING THE THERMAL TROUGH TO CREEP UP THE NORCAL COAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM OVER THE WEEKEND AND WINDS WILL TURN OFFSHORE
RESULTING IN LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. NOCTURNAL INVERSIONS WILL
ALSO RESULT IN INCREASINGLY POOR NIGHT TIME HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVER
THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE COASTAL RANGES SUNDAY
MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED, BUT FIRE PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE WARM, DRY, AND
BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. THINGS WILL COOL DOWN EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS A TROUGH MOVES THROUGH AND ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS. HOWEVER,
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A MORE SIGNIFICANT THERMAL TROUGH EVENT BY
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH A STRONGER RIDGE ALOFT AND A THERMAL
TROUGH POSSIBLY MOVING OVER OREGON. -WRIGHT
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WARNING UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ356-376.
MSO/TRW/FBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:00 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days | |
| Jun 15, 2:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Jun 15, 2:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 12 hr |
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