Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 33, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jul 2, 2012, 2:11 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 3, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 15 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 2:11 PM PDT (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108 WHUS76 KMFR 022111 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 211 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 PZZ376-031015- /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0026.120703T1800Z-120704T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0037.120703T1800Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0033.120703T1800Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0022.120703T1800Z-120704T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 211 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING....THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY DUE TO BUILDING WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 10 FEET LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-031015- /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0026.120703T1800Z-120704T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.120703T1800Z-120705T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0037.120703T1800Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0022.120703T1800Z-120704T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 211 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 KTS. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN RISE TO 20 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY DUE TO BUILDING WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL BUILD 7 TO 9 FEET LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-031015- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 211 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6 TO 8 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH AND BETWEEN 5 TO 30 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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569 WHUS76 KMFR 030926 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 226 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 PZZ376-032230- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.120703T1800Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.120703T1800Z-120704T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 226 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY DUE TO BUILDING WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-032230- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.120703T1800Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.120703T1800Z-120705T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 226 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 KTS. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT... THEN RISE TO 20 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO BUILDING WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 9 FEET LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-032230- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 226 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6 TO 8 FEET BY EARLY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH AND BETWEEN 5 TO 30 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
875 WHUS76 KMFR 031811 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1111 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 PZZ376-032200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1111 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY DUE TO BUILDING WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-032200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-120705T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1111 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 KTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT... THEN RISE TO 20 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO BUILDING WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 9 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-032200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1111 AM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6 TO 8 FEET BY EARLY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH AND BETWEEN 5 TO 30 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
213 WHUS76 KMFR 032118 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 218 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 PZZ376-041030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 218 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT WILL GRADUALLY EASE BELOW GALE LATER TONIGHT, BUT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP, HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL GRADUALLY EASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS VERY LATE TONIGHT, THEN PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-041030- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-120705T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 218 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 KT MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT...THEN RISE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP, HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY EASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS VERY LATE TONIGHT, THEN PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0074.120703T2200Z-120704T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 218 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL EASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH AND BETWEEN 5 TO 30 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
032 WHUS76 KMFR 040352 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 852 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 PZZ376-041200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 852 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT WILL GRADUALLY EASE BELOW GALE LATER TONIGHT... BUT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP... HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL GRADUALLY EASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS VERY LATE TONIGHT... THEN PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-041700- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-120705T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 852 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 KT MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT... THEN RISE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP... HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY EASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS VERY LATE TONIGHT... THEN PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-120704T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-120704T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 852 PM PDT TUE JUL 3 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. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL EASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH AND BETWEEN 5 TO 30 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
106 WHUS76 KMFR 040705 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1205 AM PDT WED JUL 4 2012 PZZ376-041200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1205 AM PDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT WILL GRADUALLY EASE BELOW GALE LATER TONIGHT... BUT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP... HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL GRADUALLY EASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS VERY LATE TONIGHT... THEN PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-042015- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120704T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-120705T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1205 AM PDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 KT MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT... THEN RISE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP... HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY EASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS VERY LATE TONIGHT... THEN PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 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. 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
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 Jul 2, 8:50 AM PDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:50 AM PDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
850 AM PDT MON JUL 2 2012
.DISCUSSION...CURRENT VISIBLE IMAGE SHOWS THE MARINE STRATUS ALONG
THE COAST...UMPQUA BASIN...ILLINOIS AND APPLEGATE VALLEYS. THE
MARINE STRATUS SHOULD BURN OFF BY LATE MORNING IN THE APPLEGATE
AND ILLINOIS VALLEY...BUT WILL HANG ON LONGER IN THE UMPQUA BASIN
AND COAST. ELSEWHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR...BUT WE'LL SEE SOME MID
LEVEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
THROUGH DURING THE DAY.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT POPS FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO
A SHORTWAVE THAT IS PROJECTED TO SWING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE CWA. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE AREAS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND
NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING PATCHY
DRIZZLE OT LIGHT RAIN. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...MARINE STRATUS HAS RESULTED IN IFR CONDITIONS AT THE
COAST AND MVFR CONDITIONS UN THE UMPQUA BASIN. CURRENT GUIDANCE
SUGGEST CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE TO MVFR BETWEEN 20-22Z AT THE COAST
AND VFR IN THE UMPQUA BASIN. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED CLOUD
COVER TO DEVELOP WITH VFR CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST AROUND 23Z.
EVEN THEN IT WOULD BE TEMPORARY WITH IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY TO
RETURN BETWEEN 2-4Z.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 AM PDT MON JUL 2 2012/
DISCUSSION...ONSHORE FLOW IS SENDING WIDESPREAD STRATUS INTO THE
COAST AND UMPQUA BASIN EARLY THIS MORNING. CEILINGS ARE RUNNING
2200-2600 FEET AND THIS SHOULD KEEP MUCH OF THE STRATUS BANKED UP
NORTH OF THE UMPQUA DIVIDE. SOME SPILLOVER MAY OCCUR JUST WEST
OF THE ROGUE VALLEY INTO JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOR A TIME, BUT ANY
CLOUDS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL QUICKLY ERODE LATER THIS MORNING.
WHERE THICKER CLOUDS EXIST THIS MORNING, THEY'LL TAKE A LITTLE
WHILE LONGER TO ERODE, BUT SOME SUNNY BREAKS SHOULD OCCUR JUST
ABOUT EVERYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST BREEZES
WILL ALSO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, THEN SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT BELOW NORMAL LEVELS WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID 80S IN MEDFORD.
TONIGHT, A FAST-MOVING AND VIGOROUS UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE PACNW DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A HIGHER POP/LOW QPF SITUATION ALONG THE
COOS/DOUGLAS COAST WHERE MOST LOCATIONS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO WILL
HAVE A LITTLE RAIN/DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT INTO VERY EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. THEREFORE, HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE CHANCE-LIKELY
CATEGORY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS NEAR REEDSPORT. DON'T THINK THERE
WILL BE MUCH MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDTHS...BUT THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO ALONG THE COAST. SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS ARE INDICATED EASTWARD INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN VERY
EARLY TUESDAY, BUT ELSEWHERE INLAND, IT WILL STAY DRY.
THE AIR MASS WILL DRY OUT FAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND A THERMAL
TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING OFFSHORE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS AGAIN...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES. WHILE
MOST AREAS INLAND WILL EXPERIENCE A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING
TUESDAY DUE TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE, IT MAY BE A FEW DEGREES
WARMER IN BROOKINGS DUE TO OFFSHORE FLOW WITH HIGHS LIKELY IN THE
70S.
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WITH
DRY WEATHER EXPECTED. THIS WILL PRODUCE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR
DAYTIME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ALSO FIREWORKS DISPLAYS IN THE
EVENING. ANOTHER SUNNY, DRY DAY IS EXPECTED THURSDAY.
CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH IN THE LATE WEEK AND WEEKEND FORECAST.
MODEL ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO SHOW THE STRONG RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL
UNITED STATES GRADUALLY BUILDING WESTWARD WITH TIME. RISING
HEIGHTS WILL BRING IN WARM AIR ALOFT WITH 850 TEMPS PEAKING AROUND
20-22C SATURDAY/SUNDAY/MONDAY. THIS WOULD SUPPORT HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S HERE IN MEDFORD. MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME
WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS A WEAK TROUGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
WE'LL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW, BUT WE MAY NEED TO INTRODUCE
A THUNDER THREAT AT SOME POINT. -SPILDE
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR
PZZ356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING FOR PZZ376.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:48 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Jul 2, 2:48 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Jul 2, 2:11 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 39 hr | |
| Jul 2, 2:11 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 57 hr | |
| Jul 2, 2:11 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 33 hr |
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