Storm Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR

974 
WHUS76 KMFR 202244
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
244 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

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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-
244 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS HAVE STEEPENED AND HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY TO
  15 TO 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY HIGH THIS
  EVENING AS A WEST SWELL FILLS IN...INCREASING TO 20 TO 23 FEET
  WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  AROUND 20 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO
  25 FEET SUNDAY MORNING WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS AS
  ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE WATERS. SEAS WILL
  REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AT LEAST.

* WINDS: STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60
  KT THIS AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING TO GALES OF 35 TO
  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. BY SATURDAY MORNING WEST WINDS WILL
  BE AROUND 25 TO 30 KT WITH LIGHTER WINDS FROM BROOKING SOUTH.
  WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY REACHING
  STORM FORCE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY 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.

A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

&&

$$

SK

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509 
WHUS76 KMFR 210253
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
653 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

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/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0002.120122T1500Z-120123T0300Z/
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-
653 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
...STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM
WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS HAVE STEEPENED AND HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY TO
  15 TO 18 FEET THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY HIGH LATER THIS EVENING
  AS A WEST SWELL FILLS IN...INCREASING TO 20 TO 23 FEET WITH
  DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN AROUND
  20 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO 25
  FEET SUNDAY MORNING WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS AS
  ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE WATERS. SEAS WILL
  REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AT LEAST.

* WINDS: GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT WILL CONTINUE
  OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING TO
  AROUND 25 TO 30 KT WITH LIGHTER WINDS FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH.
  WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY REACHING
  STORM FORCE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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 WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

&&

$$

SK
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD