Alert archive / Oregon / High Surf Warnings in 2012
High Surf Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Mar 28, 2012, 2:31 PM PDT for Curry County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 29, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 2 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 2:31 PM PDT (21:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 11:42 AM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Curry County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:07 AM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.23 | Ssw Gold Beach, OR | 24 HR RAINFALL ENDING AT 5 AM PDT. |
| Mar 29, 7:00 AM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.9 | Ne Brookings, OR | 7PM-7AM. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
124 WHUS46 KMFR 282131 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 231 PM PDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES ALONG THE OREGON COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WAVES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL PEAK THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LARGE BREAKERS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SURF ZONE...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. ORZ022-290945- /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.W.0005.120329T0900Z-120330T0000Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- 231 PM PDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WIND WAVES WILL RESULT IN BREAKERS OF 24 TO 28 FEET. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES...AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AS THEY RETREAT. PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ BPN
2 follow-up statements
964 WHUS46 KMFR 290931 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 231 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES ALONG THE OREGON COAST TODAY... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WAVES TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LARGE BREAKERS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SURF ZONE...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. ORZ022-291845- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120330T0000Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- 231 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE WIND WAVES WILL RESULT IN BREAKERS OF 24 TO 28 FEET. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES...AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE WAVES WILL PEAK THIS MORNING THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE AS THE WAVES RETREAT. PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDES...WHICH ARE AROUND 3 AM PDT AND 5 PM PDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$
242 WHUS46 KMFR 291842 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1142 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ORZ022-291945- /O.CAN.KMFR.SU.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120330T0000Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1142 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF WARNING. BREAKERS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. $$ SK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:19 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 20 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:25 PM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 4 hr | |
| Mar 27, 11:25 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 15 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:09 AM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:09 AM PDT | Storm Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:39 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 4 days |
| Mar 28, 12:39 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 49 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:43 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 22 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:06 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 3 days |
| Mar 28, 1:06 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 46 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:40 PM PDT | Storm Warning | MFR | 20 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Warnings in Oregon, 2012Every high surf warning in 2012
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.