Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 36, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jul 14, 2012, 3:04 AM PDT. It took effect at Jul 15, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 18 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 14, 2012, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937 WHUS76 KMFR 141004 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 304 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 PZZ376-142315- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0036.120715T1200Z-120716T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 304 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS BY MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-142315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 304 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 4 TO 8 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 9 TO 12 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-142315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 304 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 5 TO 6 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS...DECREASING BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ PZZ350-142315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 304 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET BY SUNDAY. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 TO 8 SECONDS TO 9 SECONDS SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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612 WHUS76 KMFR 142122 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 222 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 PZZ356-151030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120715T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120715T1800Z-120716T0900Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 222 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AND BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT 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. && $$ PZZ376-151030- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0036.120715T1200Z-120716T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 222 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PEAK LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KTS. THEN SUNDAY NIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING THEN BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS BY MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-151030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 222 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ PZZ350-151030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 222 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
569 WHUS76 KMFR 150513 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1013 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 PZZ376-151815- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0036.120715T1200Z-120716T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1013 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KTS. SUNDAY NIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING THEN BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS BY MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-151815- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120715T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120715T1800Z-120716T0900Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1013 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AND BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-151815- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1013 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ PZZ350-151815- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1013 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
234 WHUS76 KMFR 151004 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 304 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 PZZ376-152315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0036.120715T1200Z-120716T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 304 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KTS. SUNDAY NIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 9 TO 13 FEET WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS LATE MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-152315- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120715T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120715T1800Z-120716T0900Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 304 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-152315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120717T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 304 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 10 FEET WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS LATE MONDAY 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. && $$ PZZ350-152315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120717T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 304 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET CONTINUE WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DECREASE BELOW SMALL CRAFT SEAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
676 WHUS76 KMFR 152143 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 243 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 PZZ376-161045- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120716T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 243 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 T0 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TONIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 14 AT 9 SECONDS FEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 9 TO 12 FT TONIGHT. MONDAY MORNING...SEAS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-161045- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 243 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-161045- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 243 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ PZZ350-161045- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 243 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
043 WHUS76 KMFR 160517 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1017 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 PZZ376-161200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120716T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1017 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. TONIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 14 AT 9 SECONDS FEET WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 9 TO 12 FT TONIGHT. MONDAY MORNING...SEAS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-161200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1017 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-161800- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1017 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ PZZ350-161800- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1017 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
849 WHUS76 KMFR 160625 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1125 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 PZZ376-161800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120716T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1125 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 25 KTS AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE MONDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. 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. && $$ PZZ356-161200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1125 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET AT 9 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO LOWER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-161800- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1125 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ PZZ350-161800- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120716T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1125 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ 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 13, 8:33 PM PDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 8:33 PM PDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
833 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012
.DISCUSSION...THE RADAR SHOWS A MODERATE RETURN NEAR HART MOUNTAIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING. NO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING WAS REPORTED
HOWEVER. ELSEWHERE A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP LOW
CLOUDS IN COOS AND SOUTHERN CURRY COUNTY. THE QUESTION IS HOW FAR
THE LOW CLOUDS WILL SPREAD INLAND.
THE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA.
SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL STAY NORTH OF
OUR REGION WITH NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY, FROM THE CHRISTMAS VALLEY
NORTH, BEING THE ONLY AREA THAT COULD SEE ISOLATED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIR MASS APPEARS LESS UNSTABLE FOR SUNDAY.
CURRENT FORECAST COVERS THIS TREND WELL AND NO UPDATE WAS MADE
THIS EVENING. /FB
&&
.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST
TONIGHT WITH LCL IFR CIGS AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY. LCL MVFR CIGS
ARE POSSIBLE INLAND OF COOS COUNTY AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT. COASTAL LOW CLOUDS SHOULD PERSIST ALL DAY SATURDAY. AWAY
FROM THE COAST VFR WILL CONTINUE IN MOSTLY HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS
CLOUDS. /FB
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012/
DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WILL
SINK SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER OVERNIGHT THEN MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS NORTHERN OREGON SATURDAY. WEAK INSTABILITY ALONG A TROUGH
AXIS EXTENDING FROM SISKIYOU COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO KLAMATH AND
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES IS CAUSING SOME CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT MOISTURE IN THE MID-LEVELS IS LACKING. THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM WHERE MOISTURE IS GREATEST OVER
NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THE BEST
MOISTURE WILL BE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CWA. MEANWHILE, MARINE
LAYER STRATUS HAS PEELED BACK OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THIS IS
ONLY TEMPORARY AS ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING STRATUS BACK INTO THE
COAST NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO LATER THIS EVENING, THEN SPREAD INTO
PORTIONS OF THE UMPQUA BASIN OVERNIGHT.
AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN OREGON SATURDAY, SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BREAK OUT AROUND THE CORE OF THE LOW, BUT
EXPECT MOST OF THE ACTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND
EAST. MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA, PRIMARILY NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY. SHORT WAVE RIDGING AND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND THIS
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER. EXPECT PLENTY OF
CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE. STRATUS MAY PUSH
FARTHER INLAND TO AT LEAST ROSEBURG AND PERHAPS THE UMPQUA DIVIDE
BY SUNDAY MORNING. CLOUDS WILL RETREAT BACK TO THE COAST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE DRY SUNDAY WITH
SUNSHINE. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM
BRITISH COLUMBIA SUNDAY NIGHT TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA
RIVER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD FROM THE
GREAT BASIN MAY BE ENOUGH TRIGGER A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM FROM
THE CASCADES EASTWARD.
BEYOND MONDAY, THE 12Z MODELS HAVE INTRODUCED LOWER CONFIDENCE IN
THE MID-LATE WEEK FORECAST. AS A RESULT, FEW CHANGES HAVE BEEN
MADE. THE 12Z GFS CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH SOUTHWARD
TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY MIDWEEK, WHICH WOULD BRING AN INCREASED
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE CASCADES. HOWEVER, THE 12Z
ECMWF STALLED THE LOW WELL TO OUR NORTH OVER WESTERN
WASHINGTON...EVENTUALLY LIFTING IT BACK INTO SOUTHERN CANADA.
PREFERRED TO KEEP THE FORECAST AS IS WITH A SLIGHT BIAS TOWARD THE
ECMWF. THIS MAINTAINED THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. -SPILDE
AVIATION...
MARINE LAYER STRATUS ALONG THE COAST WILL SPREAD INLAND OVER THE
COQUILLE AND UMPQUA BASINS TONIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS
TO THOSE AREAS WITH HIGHER TERRAIN OBSCURED. THE LOWER CIGS WILL
BURN BACK TO THE COAST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL REMAIN VFR
ELSEWHERE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...BUT THERE MAY BE SOME
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CASCADES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. -STOCKTON
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ356.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ370.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ350.
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