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Storm Warning 12, NWS Medford, OR

December 15, 2012

NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Dec 15, 2012, 5:07 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 14 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
Dec 15, 2012, 5:07 PM PST (01:07 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2012, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 17, 2012, 2:04 AM PST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

907 
WHUS76 KMFR 160107
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
507 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012

PZZ350-356-370-376-161400-
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0129.121216T0107Z-121216T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0127.121216T0107Z-121216T1600Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0047.121216T1800Z-121217T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0012.121216T2000Z-121217T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0059.121216T1600Z-121218T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0055.121216T1600Z-121216T2000Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0047.121216T1800Z-121217T1200Z/
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-
507 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO NOON PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM PST
MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM PST
MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO NOON PST SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST
SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH AND THE GALE WATCH HAVE BEEN
UPGRADED.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL VEER TO NORTHWEST AND DECREASE THIS
  EVENING BUT INCREASE TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT SUNDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO STORM FORCE AT 40 TO
  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
  BUT THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH WIND WAVE
  DOMINATED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 FEET SUNDAY MORNING THEN PEAK AT
  17 TO 23 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  VERY HIGH SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THEY TRANSITION TO BEING DOMINATED
  BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL. THE SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL
  REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25 FEET AT 14 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING
  BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS ON SUNDAY WILL BE HIGHEST NORTH
  OF GOLD BEACH BUT STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS INTO
  MONDAY EVENING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$
DW

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6 follow-up statements
063 
WHUS76 KMFR 160442
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
842 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012

PZZ350-356-370-376-161800-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-121216T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0055.121216T1600Z-121216T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.121216T1600Z-121218T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0012.121216T2000Z-121217T0600Z/
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-
842 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO NOON PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PST
SUNDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO
NOON PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO
10 PM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THEN BACK TO
  SOUTH AND INCREASE TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT SUNDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO STORM FORCE AT 40 TO
  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN
  SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15
  FEET SUNDAY MORNING THEN PEAK AT 17 TO 23 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THEY
  TRANSITION TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL. THE
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25 FEET AT 14
  SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO MONDAY
  EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS ON SUNDAY WILL BE HIGHEST NORTH 
  OF GOLD BEACH BUT STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH 
  SUNDAY EVENING AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS INTO 
  MONDAY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
752 
WHUS76 KMFR 161048
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
248 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

PZZ350-356-370-376-170000-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-121216T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0055.121216T1600Z-121216T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.121216T1600Z-121218T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0012.121216T2000Z-121217T0600Z/
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-
248 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON
PST TODAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM
THIS MORNING TO NOON PST TODAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE TO STORM FORCE AT 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS SUBSIDE BELOW STORM FORCE LATE
  TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SOUTH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 FEET THIS
  MORNING THEN PEAK AT 17 TO 23 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH LATER TONIGHT WHILE THEY TRANSITION
  TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL. THE SWELL
  DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25 FEET AT 14 SECONDS
  LATE MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS TODAY WILL BE HIGHEST NORTH OF
  GOLD BEACH BUT STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS EVENING
  AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

SPILDE 

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327 
WHUS76 KMFR 161604
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
804 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

PZZ350-356-370-376-170515-
/O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-121216T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121216T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121218T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0012.121216T2000Z-121217T0600Z/
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-
804 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS EXPIRED...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY. A
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 


* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 
  GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS CONTINUE 
  TO INCREASE TO STORM FORCE AT 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS SUBSIDE BELOW STORM FORCE 
  LATE TONIGHT. 

* SEAS: SOUTH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 FEET 
  THIS MORNING THEN PEAK AT 17 TO 23 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH LATER TONIGHT WHILE THEY 
  TRANSITION TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL. 
  THE SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25 FEET AT 
  14 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO 
  MONDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS TODAY WILL BE HIGHEST NORTH OF
  GOLD BEACH BUT STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS EVENING
  AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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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910 
WHUS76 KMFR 170001
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

PZZ350-370-171315-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121217T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121218T0300Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
401 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
MONDAY...

THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH STORM FORCE WINDS AT 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60
  KT WILL PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING...VEER TO SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH
  SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING THEN BUILD TO ANOTHER PEAK WITH GUSTS TO
  65 KT BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL VEER TO WEST AND SUBSIDE BELOW
  STORM FORCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: SOUTH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 17 TO 23 FEET
  EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH LATER TONIGHT
  WHILE THEY TRANSITION TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST
  SWELL. THE SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25
  FEET AT 14 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO
  MONDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ356-376-171315-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121217T0400Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121218T0300Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
401 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
MONDAY...

THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH STORM FORCE WINDS AT 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60
  KT WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW STORM
  FORCE LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SOUTH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 17 TO 23 FEET
  THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH LATER TONIGHT WHILE THEY
  TRANSITION TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL. THE
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25 FEET AT 14
  SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO MONDAY
  EVENING.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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399 
WHUS76 KMFR 170411
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
811 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

PZZ356-376-171600-
/O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121217T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0056.121217T0411Z-121217T1000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121218T0300Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
811 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST MONDAY. THE STORM
WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS AT 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL VEER TO
  WEST AND GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 17 TO 23
  FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO BEING
  DOMINATED BY A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL. THE SWELL DOMINATED
  SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 19 TO 25 FEET AT 14 SECONDS LATE
  MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO MONDAY EVENING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-171600-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121217T1000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-121218T0300Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
811 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
MONDAY...

THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST MONDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS AT 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  65 KT WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL VEER TO
  WEST AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL PERSIST AT 17 TO
  23 FEET TONIGHT THEN TRANSITION TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING
  NORTHWEST SWELL. THE SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT
  19 TO 25 FEET AT 14 SECONDS LATE MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY
  HIGH INTO MONDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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076 
WHUS76 KMFR 171004
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
204 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
204 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST GALE FORCE WINDS AT 30 TO 35 KT WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 KT WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING.
 
* SEAS: SOUTHWEST WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS AT 17 TO 23 FEET ARE
  TRANSITIONING TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING WEST SWELL. THE
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 20 TO 25 FEET AT 14
  SECONDS LATE THIS MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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

&&

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
204 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING
  TO AROUND 20 KT.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS AT 17 TO 23 FEET ARE
  TRANSITIONING TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING WEST SWELL. THE
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 20 TO 24 FEET AT 14
  SECONDS LATE THIS MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO THIS
  AFTERNOON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
204 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING
  TO AROUND 20 KT.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS AT 17 TO 23 FEET ARE
  TRANSITIONING TO BEING DOMINATED BY A BUILDING WEST SWELL. THE
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL REACH A PEAK AT 20 TO 25 FEET AT 14
  SECONDS LATE THIS MORNING BUT REMAIN VERY HIGH INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

SK
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 4:06 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas30 hr
Dec 15, 5:07 PM PSTGale WarningMFR19 hr
Dec 15, 5:07 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR51 hr
Dec 15, 5:07 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR3 hr
Dec 15, 5:07 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR15 hr
Dec 16, 3:29 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lake31 hr
Dec 16, 3:05 PM PSTBlizzard WarningMFRDouglas, Jackson, Klamath19 hr
Dec 16, 3:05 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine45 hr

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