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Storm Warning 14, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Dec 24, 2012, 2:42 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 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 24, 2012, 2:42 PM PST (22:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 12:58 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
352 WHUS76 KMFR 242242 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 242 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 PZZ370-251145- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0063.121225T0600Z-121227T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0061.121225T0600Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0011.121225T1200Z-121225T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0014.121225T1200Z-121225T2100Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 242 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO STORM FORCE WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 KT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL RISE QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT BECOMING VERY STEEP AS WINDS INCREASE WITH SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET EXPECTED. THEN SEAS WILL RISE FURTHER TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS OF 20 TO 23 FEET POSSIBLE AS VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS DEVELOP. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BRIEFLY TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WEST SWELL INCREASES WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO 17 TO 19 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-376-251145- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0061.121225T0600Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0063.121225T0600Z-121227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0014.121225T1200Z-121225T2100Z/ 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 CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 242 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO STORM FORCE WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 KT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL RISE QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT BECOMING VERY STEEP AS WINDS INCREASE WITH SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET EXPECTED. THEN SEAS WILL RISE FURTHER TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS OF 20 TO 23 FEET POSSIBLE AS VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS DEVELOP. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BRIEFLY TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WEST SWELL INCREASES WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO 17 TO 19 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
656 WHUS76 KMFR 251048 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 248 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 PZZ350-356-370-376-252200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0061.000000T0000Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121227T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0014.121225T1200Z-121225T2100Z/ 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 TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO STORM 40 TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 KT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL RISE QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 23 FEET AS VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS DEVELOP. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT. WEST SWELL WILL THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 17 TO 19 FEET AT 13 SECONDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
553 WHUS76 KMFR 251211 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 411 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 PZZ350-356-370-376-252300- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0061.000000T0000Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121227T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121225T2100Z/ 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- 411 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO STORM FORCE OF 40 TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 KT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS WILL RISE QUICKLY LATE EARLY THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 23 FEET AS VERY STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS DEVELOP. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT. WEST SWELL WILL THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 17 TO 19 FEET AT 13 SECONDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE FROM CAPE ARAGO TO GOLD BEACH. FROM CAPE ARAGO NORTH TO FLORENCE AND FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH TO POINT ST GEORGE...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
648 WHUS76 KMFR 252058 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1258 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 PZZ350-356-370-376-260100- /O.CAN.KMFR.SR.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121225T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0062.121225T2058Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121227T1200Z/ 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- 1258 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...STORM WARNING IS DOWNGRADED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 KT WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUDDENLY DECREASE BELOW 25 KT AND TURN MORE WESTERLY AS THE FRONT GOES THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT. WEST SWELL WILL THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 17 TO 19 FEET AT 13 SECONDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND PRIMARILY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL WATERS TOMORROW AS A LARGE WEST SWELL DEVELOPS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:20 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 22 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:20 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:50 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 2:23 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 25 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:23 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:31 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 22 hr |
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