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High Surf Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Dec 18, 2012, 2:51 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 20 hr. 3 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
- Dec 18, 2012, 2:51 PM PST (22:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 20 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 22:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 9:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nne Langlois, OR | PEAK GUST FROM LAST NIGHT. |
| Dec 20, 5:06 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.93 | Ssw Gold Beach, OR | 24 HOUR AMOUNT |
| Dec 20, 5:44 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.33 | 3 Sse Coos Bay, OR | 12 HOUR AMOUNT |
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, 10.9 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
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WHUS46 KMFR 182251 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 251 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TO GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD WEDNESDAY MORNING, PEAK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE...ESPECIALLY AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS. ORZ021-022-191200- /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.W.0009.121219T1800Z-121220T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 251 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE PEAKING AT 22 TO 27 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAK WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEN EASE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SHOALING COULD LEAD TO WATER IN THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD AND OTHER SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AT THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ SPILDE
4 follow-up statements
575 WHUS46 KMFR 191150 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 350 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TO GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD THIS MORNING...PEAK TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE...ESPECIALLY AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS. ORZ021-022-192000- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0009.121219T1800Z-121220T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 350 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE PEAKING AT 22 TO 27 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK TONIGHT THEN EASE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SHOALING COULD LEAD TO WATER IN THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD AND OTHER SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AT THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM PST TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ SK
435 WHUS46 KMFR 191950 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1150 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TO GENERATE HIGH SURF AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP SOUTH WAVES WHICH WILL BUILD THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE...ESPECIALLY AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS. ORZ021-022-201200- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1150 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...WIND WAVES WILL BUILD THIS AFTERNOON WITH BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE PEAKING AT 22 TO 27 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND PORTS RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...WAVES INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK TONIGHT...THEN EASE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SHOALING COULD LEAD TO WATER IN THE PARKING LOT AT PORT ORFORD AND OTHER SOUTH FACING PORTS AND BEACHES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AT THE BEACHES AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM PST TODAY. 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. && $$ STOCKTON
569 WHUS46 KMFR 201157 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 357 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN OREGON BEACHES TODAY INTO FRIDAY... .WIND DRIVEN WAVES AFFECTING MAINLY SOUTH FACING BEACHES WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WILL BE REPLACED BY A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL. THIS SWELL WILL GENERATE LARGE BREAKERS AT SOUTHERN OREGON BEACHES THROUGH TOMORROW. ORZ021-022-210000- /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0014.121220T1400Z-121222T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SU.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121220T1400Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 357 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE SWELL WILL GENERATE 20 TO 24 FOOT BREAKERS. * TIMING...WAVES INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK FRIDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...USE EXTRA CAUTION AT THE BEACHES...WATCH FOR SNEAKER WAVES...AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM PST TODAY AND TOMORROW...AS WELL AS 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ SK
534 WHUS46 KMFR 201401 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 601 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ORZ021-022-210215- /O.EXP.KMFR.SU.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121220T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SU.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 601 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE SWELL WILL GENERATE 20 TO 24 FOOT BREAKERS. * TIMING...WAVES INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK FRIDAY MORNING... THEN DIMINISH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...USE EXTRA CAUTION AT THE BEACHES...WATCH FOR SNEAKER WAVES...AND STAY OFF JETTIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM PST TODAY AND TOMORROW...AS WELL AS 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ SK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 4:29 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Dec 17, 4:29 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Dec 17, 4:29 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 hr | |
| Dec 17, 4:29 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Dec 17, 8:35 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 29 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:05 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 31 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:05 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days | |
| Dec 18, 3:05 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:10 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 63 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:10 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Jackson, Klamath | 54 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 5 days |
| Dec 18, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 4 days |
| Dec 18, 2:48 PM PST | Storm Warning | MFR | 39 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.