Alert archive / Oregon / High Surf Warnings in 2012
High Surf Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Jan 16, 2012, 3:33 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 18, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr. 25 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2012, 3:33 PM PST (23:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2012, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 4:41 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 2 Se Coos Bay, OR | STILL AVERAGING ABOUT 20 TO 50 MPH AT THIS TIME... |
| Jan 18, 5:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Coos Bay, OR | MEDIUM SIZE TREE BRANCHES DOWN.... |
| Jan 18, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 2.22 | Ssw Gold Beach, OR | 24 HOUR ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 18, 5:25 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 2 Nne Langlois, OR | 1.56 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED WITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEM...POWER IS OUT AS OF 2AM... |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.78 | Ne Brookings, OR | 24 HOUR ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 2.08 | 5 Nnw Brookings, OR | 17 HOUR ACCUMULATION.... |
| Jan 18, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.06 | 1 Wnw Coos Bay, OR | 24 HOUR ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 3.4 | 5 Nnw Brookings, OR | 9AM TO 9AM. |
| Jan 18, 9:24 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 Se Coos Bay, OR | HIGHEST WIND GUST. NUMEROUS GUSTS OF 60-64 MPH. |
| Jan 18, 9:37 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 S Bandon, OR | ANEMOMETER RECORDED PEAK GUST OF 63MPH AT 0937. LOCATIONS IS NEAR TABLE ROCK. |
| Jan 18, 10:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Bandon, OR | SPOTTER REPORTED FENCES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND RAIN GUTTERS BEING BLOWN OFF OF ROOFS. ALSO REPORTED HAIL CURRENTLY OCCURRING. |
| Jan 18, 10:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Coos Bay, OR | PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF OF RESIDENCE. UNKOWN WIND SPEED. |
| Jan 18, 11:00 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 2.57 | 2 Ese Brookings, OR | 3PM TO 11AM. |
| Jan 18, 11:20 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 2.2 | 2 Nw Brookings, OR | SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Jan 18, 12:05 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 2.43 | Wnw Port Orford, OR | 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON. |
| Jan 18, 1:00 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 4.12 | 1 Nne Langlois, OR | 24 HOURS ENDING AT 1 PM. 12 HOUR TOTAL TO 1 PM WAS 3.31. WINDS GUSTING TO 43 PAST HOUR. GUSTING TO 59 MPH BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7 AM. |
| Jan 18, 4:12 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.98 | 3 Ne Bandon, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL. |
| Jan 18, 5:29 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.55 | 3 Sse Coos Bay, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 5:35 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 2 Nne Langlois, OR | 24 HOUR PK AT 0920 |
| Jan 18, 5:35 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.95 | 2 Nne Langlois, OR | 10 HR TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 5:41 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 S Bandon, OR | 24 HOUR PK WIND |
| Jan 18, 5:41 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.03 | 3 S Bandon, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 6:05 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.14 | W Myrtle Point, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 6:05 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 3 | 2 E Scottsburg, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL... STILL RAINING |
| Jan 18, 7:09 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 3.52 | Ne Brookings, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
199 WHUS46 KMFR 162333 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 333 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ORZ021-022-171200- /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 333 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL BECOME LARGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS FORECAST TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE UPON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THIS INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD HARBOR AND THE AREA AROUND THE COAST GUARD STATION IN THE CITY OF HARBOR. SURF HEIGHTS MAY RIVAL THOSE FROM THE DECEMBER STORM OF 2007. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ DW
5 follow-up statements
056 WHUS46 KMFR 171152 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 352 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ORZ021-022-172245- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 352 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL BECOME LARGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS FORECAST TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE UPON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THIS INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD HARBOR AND THE AREA AROUND THE COAST GUARD STATION IN THE CITY OF HARBOR. SURF HEIGHTS MAY RIVAL THOSE FROM THE DECEMBER STORM OF 2007. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$
298 WHUS46 KMFR 172219 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 219 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ORZ021-022-181500- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 219 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL BECOME LARGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS FORECAST TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE UPON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THIS INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD HARBOR AND THE AREA AROUND THE COAST GUARD STATION IN THE CITY OF HARBOR. SURF HEIGHTS MAY RIVAL THOSE FROM THE DECEMBER STORM OF 2007. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ MSO/BTL
169 WHUS46 KMFR 181451 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 651 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ORZ021-022-182300- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 651 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL BECOME LARGE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS FORECAST TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE UPON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THIS INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD HARBOR AND THE AREA AROUND THE COAST GUARD STATION IN THE CITY OF HARBOR. SURF HEIGHTS MAY RIVAL THOSE FROM THE DECEMBER STORM OF 2007. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$
050 WHUS46 KMFR 182252 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 252 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ORZ021-022-190300- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 252 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...FRESH SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO BRING BREAKER HEIGHTS TO 25 TO 35 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE UPON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THIS INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD HARBOR AND THE AREA AROUND THE COAST GUARD STATION IN THE CITY OF HARBOR. SURF HEIGHTS MAY RIVAL THOSE FROM THE DECEMBER STORM OF 2007. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ MSO/BTL
126 WHUS46 KMFR 190306 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 706 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ORZ021-022-200000- /O.EXP.KMFR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0002.120119T0306Z-120120T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 706 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...THE SURF HAS EASED A BIT THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING STEEP WIND WAVES AND FRESH SWELL OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THESE WAVES WILL CARRY ENOUGH ENERGY TO PRODUCE POWERFUL BREAKERS OF 20 TO 25 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. * IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE UPON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 9:58 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 41 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 37 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:06 PM PST | Frost Advisory | MFR | Curry | 19 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:06 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 19 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:06 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lake | 3 days |
| Jan 16, 2:41 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 13 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:12 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 7 days | |
| Jan 16, 3:12 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:12 PM PST | Storm Warning | MFR | 37 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.