Alert archive / Oregon / High Surf Warnings in 2012
High Surf Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Nov 27, 2012, 5:50 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 29, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 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
- Nov 27, 2012, 5:50 PM PST (01:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2012, 11:58 AM PST
- In force
- 8 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 01:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 7:09 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.34 | Ne Brookings, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Nov 29, 11:00 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.78 | 2 Ese Brookings, OR | 11AM TO 11AM. |
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 00:00Z, 1.8 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
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
143 WHUS46 KMFR 280150 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 550 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES ALONG THE OREGON COAST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKERS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SURF ZONE...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. ORZ021-022-281400- /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.W.0007.121129T0900Z-121129T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 550 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH BREAKERS PEAKING AT 20 TO 28 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES...AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PEAKING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE. PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDES...WHICH OCCUR AROUND 1 AM PST AND 12 PM PST THURSDAY. 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. && $$ SK
4 follow-up statements
278 WHUS46 KMFR 281128 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 328 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES ALONG THE OREGON COAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKERS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SURF ZONE...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. ORZ021-022-290000- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0007.121129T0900Z-121129T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 328 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS PEAKING AT 20 TO 28 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES... AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT... PEAKING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE. PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDES...WHICH OCCUR AROUND 1 AM PST AND 12 PM PST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ STAVISH
136 WHUS46 KMFR 282351 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 351 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES ALONG THE OREGON COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKERS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SURF ZONE...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. ORZ021-022-291200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SU.W.0007.121129T1200Z-121129T2000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 351 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON PST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS PEAKING AT 20 TO 28 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES...AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAKING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE. PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDES...WHICH OCCUR AROUND 1 AM PST AND 12 PM PST THURSDAY. 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. && $$ SK
671 WHUS46 KMFR 291055 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 AM PST THU NOV 29 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES ALONG THE OREGON COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKERS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SURF ZONE...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. ORZ021-022-292000- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0007.121129T1200Z-121129T2000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 255 AM PST THU NOV 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS PEAKING AT 20 TO 28 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES...AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAKING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE. PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDES...WHICH OCCUR AROUND 1 AM PST AND 12 PM PST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ STOCKTON
760 WHUS46 KMFR 291958 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1158 AM PST THU NOV 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING CANCELLED... ORZ021-022-292100- /O.CAN.KMFR.SU.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121129T2000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1158 AM PST THU NOV 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF WARNING. WITH A DECREASE IN WINDS SOUTH WIND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WARNING AND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ BTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2:45 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 20 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.