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Storm Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

January 16, 2012

NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Jan 16, 2012, 3:12 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 17, 2012, 3:05 PM PST. It was in force for 13 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
Jan 16, 2012, 3:12 PM PST (23:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2012, 3:05 PM PST
Expired
Jan 18, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

805 
WHUS76 KMFR 162312
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
312 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012

...STRONG STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
312 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PST
THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM
PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING
  BUT WIND WAVES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY THEN
  A STORM WILL BRING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
  WEDNESDAY WITH WAVE HEIGHTS PEAKING IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT RANGE.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND
  PERSIST ON TUESDAY. A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS
  TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY REACH
  STRONG GALES TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WINDS
  LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PEAK AT 45 TO 55 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE
  BLANCO.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
312 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PST
THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM
PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING
  BUT WIND WAVES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY THEN
  A STORM WILL BRING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
  WEDNESDAY WITH WAVE HEIGHTS PEAKING IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT RANGE.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND
  PERSIST ON TUESDAY. A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS
  TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY REACH
  STRONG GALES TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WINDS
  LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PEAK AT 45 TO 55 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST WITHIN 30 NM
  FROM SHORE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
312 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PST
THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM
PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING
  BUT WIND WAVES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY THEN
  A STORM WILL BRING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
  WEDNESDAY WITH WAVE HEIGHTS PEAKING IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT RANGE.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND
  PERSIST ON TUESDAY. A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS
  TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY REACH
  STRONG GALES TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WINDS
  LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PEAK AT 45 TO 55 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE
  BLANCO.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$
DW

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
4 follow-up statements
681 
WHUS76 KMFR 170923
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
123 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...STRONG STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

PZZ356-370-376-172230-
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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.120118T0000Z-120120T0400Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
123 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WIND WAVES
  WILL INCREASE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 7
  TO 9 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TO 10
  TO 11 FEET LATER THIS MORNING...THEN A STORM WILL BRING VERY
  STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WAVE HEIGHTS ARE
  EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT RANGE. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING.
  A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY REACH STRONG GALES THIS
  EVENING AND INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WINDS LATER TONIGHT. WINDS
  ARE FORECAST TO PEAK AT 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE 
  BLANCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
123 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WIND WAVES
  WILL INCREASE. COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 8
  TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS. THEN A STORM
  WILL BRING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
  WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT RANGE.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING.
  A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS
  WILL QUICKLY REACH STRONG GALES THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE TO
  STORM FORCE WINDS LATER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PEAK AT
  45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE 
  BLANCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$


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519 
WHUS76 KMFR 171755
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
955 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...STRONG SUSTAINED STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
955 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WIND 
  WAVES WILL INCREASE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED 
  SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS WILL 
  INCREASE TO 10 TO 11 FEET LATER THIS MORNING...THEN A STORM 
  WILL BRING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 
  WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT RANGE. 
  SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO THURSDAY 
  EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 KT THIS
  MORNING. A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY REACH STRONG GALES
  THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WINDS LATER TONIGHT.
  WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PEAK AT 45 TO 55 KT WITH HURRICANE FORCE
  GUSTS 65 TO 75 KT POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED...WINDS
  AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
955 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WIND 
  WAVES WILL INCREASE. COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL 
  INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS. 
  THEN A STORM WILL BRING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT INTO 
  WEDNESDAY. WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 25 TO 30 
  FOOT RANGE. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO 
  THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 KT THIS
  MORNING. A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT. SOUTH
  WINDS WILL QUICKLY REACH STRONG GALES THIS EVENING... THEN
  INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WINDS LATER TONIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST
  TO PEAK AT 45 TO 55 KT WITH HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS 65 TO 75
  KT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED...WINDS
  AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

BTL/SVEN

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638 
WHUS76 KMFR 172305
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
305 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0001.120117T2305Z-120118T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.HF.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
305 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
FORCE WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
PM PST FRIDAY. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WINDS
  INCREASE. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET
  WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 11 SECONDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  THEN SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY
  STEEP SEAS. WHILE SEAS WILL DECREASE SOME WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT REACHING
  STORM FORCE 50 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO HURRICANE FORCE 60 TO 65 KT WITH
  GUSTS TO 80 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED...
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
305 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
FORCE WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
PM PST FRIDAY. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WINDS
  INCREASE. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET
  WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 11 SECONDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  THEN SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY
  STEEP SEAS. WHILE SEAS WILL DECREASE SOME WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT REACHING
  STORM FORCE 50 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO HURRICANE FORCE 60 TO 65 KT WITH
  GUSTS TO 80 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED...
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
866 
WHUS76 KMFR 181207
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
407 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012

...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
407 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HURRICANE FORCE WIND
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD AS WINDS INCREASE. COMBINED SEAS
  ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD
  AROUND 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.
  THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS. WHILE SEAS WILL
  DECREASE SOME TONIGHT...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY STEEP
  THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO HURRICANE FORCE 60 TO 65
  KT WITH GUSTS TO 80 KT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED... 
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 9:58 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR41 hr
Jan 16, 3:35 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more37 hr
Jan 16, 3:35 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine37 hr
Jan 16, 2:06 PM PSTFrost AdvisoryMFRCurry19 hr
Jan 16, 2:06 PM PSTFreeze WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas19 hr
Jan 16, 2:06 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Lake3 days
Jan 16, 2:41 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchMFRKlamath, Lake13 hr
Jan 16, 3:12 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR7 days
Jan 16, 3:12 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR24 hr
Jan 16, 3:33 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas51 hr

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