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Gale Warning 45, NWS Medford, OR

October 24, 2014

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 24, 2014, 3:36 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 24, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 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
Oct 24, 2014, 3:36 AM PDT (10:36 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 24, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

341 
WHUS76 KMFR 241036
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
336 AM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

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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-
336 AM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING
AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 11
PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND SEAS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND ARE IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
  KT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING...REACHING
  GALE 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT POSSIBLE
  OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING SATURDAY.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL COMBINE WITH WIND WAVES TO PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF AROUND 10 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8
  SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  MAINLY WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 12 TO 14 FEET 8 SECONDS TONIGHT
  THROUGH SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE
  SOUTHERN WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE
  WATERS THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS
  AND VERY STEEP SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH THE
  WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 2 MILES FROM SHORE AND IN THE
  VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H 

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.

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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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
336 AM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE AND
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM
THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND SEAS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND ARE IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 15
  TO 25 KT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THIS
  EVENING...REACHING GALE 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50
  KT POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING SATURDAY.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL COMBINE WITH WIND WAVES TO PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF AROUND 10 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8
  SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  MAINLY WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 8 SECONDS TONIGHT
  THROUGH SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE NEAR
  CAPE BLANCO THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE WATERS
  THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND
  VERY STEEP SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
336 AM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING
AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 2
PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND SEAS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND ARE IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35
  KT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING...REACHING
  GALE 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT POSSIBLE
  OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING SATURDAY.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL COMBINE WITH WIND WAVES TO PRODUCE
  COMBINED SEAS OF AROUND 10 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8
  SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  MAINLY WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 8 SECONDS TONIGHT
  THROUGH SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SOUTH OF
  GOLD BEACH THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE WATERS
  THIS EVENING. GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL OCCUR MAINLY BEYOND
  30 NM FROM SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD TO ALL AREAS
  THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND
  VERY STEEP SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
3 follow-up statements
716 
WHUS76 KMFR 242204
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
304 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
304 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THIS
  EVENING...BECOMING GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO
  50 KT OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* SEAS: WEST 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP THIS
  EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM
  SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED
  BY GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
304 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT POSSIBLE
  OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

* SEAS: WEST 9 TO 10 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP THIS
  EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 13 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM
  SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED
  BY GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

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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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
304 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THIS
  EVENING...BECOMING GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO
  50 KT OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* SEAS: WEST 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP THIS
  EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM
  SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED
  BY GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
413 
WHUS76 KMFR 250158
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
658 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

PZZ350-356-251500-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0064.000000T0000Z-141026T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0123.000000T0000Z-141025T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0120.000000T0000Z-141025T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0045.141025T0900Z-141025T2100Z/
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-
658 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
   SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM
   PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PDT
   SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT...INCREASING 
  TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT POSSIBLE 
  OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST 9 TO 10 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP THIS 
  EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 13 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 
  SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE 
  AFFECTED BY GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0064.000000T0000Z-141026T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0123.000000T0000Z-141025T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0120.000000T0000Z-141025T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
658 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
   SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM
   PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THIS EVENING...
  BECOMING GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT 
  OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP 
  THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET TONIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 
  SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE 
  AFFECTED BY GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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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/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0123.000000T0000Z-141025T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0120.000000T0000Z-141025T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
658 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
   SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM
   PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT 
   UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THIS EVENING...
  BECOMING GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT 
  OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP 
  THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET TONIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 
  SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS WILL BE 
  AFFECTED BY GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
128 
WHUS76 KMFR 250956
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
256 AM PDT SAT OCT 25 2014

PZZ350-356-370-252100-
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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0064.000000T0000Z-141026T0300Z/
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-
256 AM PDT SAT OCT 25 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE GUSTS
  TO 55 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET WITH A
  DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 7 SECONDS.  

* AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG
  GALES AND HEAVY SEAS TODAY...HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL
  OCCUR LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF
  CAPE BLANCO. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
  WINDS SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH. SEAS WILL TAKE UNTIL EVENING
  TO DIMINISH.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-252100-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141025T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0065.000000T0000Z-141026T0300Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
256 AM PDT SAT OCT 25 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE GUSTS
  TO 55 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET WITH A
  DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 7 SECONDS.  

* AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG
  GALES AND HEAVY SEAS TODAY...HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL
  OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO.
  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS SHIFT TO WEST
  AND DIMINISH. SEAS WILL TAKE UNTIL EVENING TO DIMINISH.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Oct 23, 9:04 PM PDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 9:04 PM PDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
904 PM PDT THU OCT 23 2014

.SHORT TERM...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE
CASCADES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS A LOW TO
THE WEST APPROACHES THE REGION, THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY  WILL
GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. AS IT DOES
SO, EXPECT WESTERN AREAS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY GETTING LITTLE
RAINFALL, TO ONCE AGAIN RECEIVE LIGHT TO MODERATE RATE TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH DURING
THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY...EXPECT RAIN TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHEAST
TO NORTHWEST OVER THE AREA WITH MOST INLAND AREAS BEING DRY BY
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE
TIMING OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS IT LIFTS NORTH TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW MORNING. SO HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST OREGON, INCLUDING THE MEDFORD AREA, DURING THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD.

THEN, MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT A STRONG SURFACE LOW, AROUND
992MB, WILL APPROACH THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN
OREGON FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE OREGON
COAST SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INLAND NORTH OF THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. AS THIS LOW APPROACHES THE COAST INSIDE OF 130W LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY, EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. HIGH WIND WATCHES FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 60 MPH OR GREATER REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SHASTA
VALLEY, SUMMER LAKE AREA, AND OVER THE SISKIYOUS MOUNTAINS AS WELL
AS FOR MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CASCADES. THE 00Z NAM CONTINUES TO
SHOW HIGH WIND POTENTIAL FOR THESE AREAS WITH A 70 KT 700 MB JET
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IN ADDITION THE
NAM INDICATES THAT A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP
ALONG WITH 35 TO 45 KT SOUTH WINDS AT 850 MB FOR AREAS WEST OF THE
CASCADES IN SOUTHERN OREGON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO BRING GUSTY WINDS INTO WESTERN VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE SOUTHERN ROGUE VALLEY. ALONG THE COAST, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING LEVELS BUT COASTAL HEADLANDS MAY
EXPERIENCE HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

IN ADDITION, TO WIND IMPACTS, THIS STRONG LOW WILL BRING RAIN
INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. ALSO COLD AIR ALOFT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND
THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED INSTABILITY WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA AS WELL ON SATURDAY. OF NOTE IS THAT ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR MAY BRING STRONG GUSTY  WINDS DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS ALOFT.

&&

.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 24/00Z TAF CYCLE...
A STALLED FRONT FROM SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION AND REDUCED
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE VFR
THIS EVENING, BUT WITH SOME TERRAIN OBSCURED WEST OF THE CASCADES. THE
FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING, LIKELY RESULTING IN CIGS/VIS LOWERING TO MVFR/IFR
WITH TERRAIN OBSCURED ALONG AND WEST OF THE CASCADES. IMPROVEMENT
WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY.
CONFIDENCE IN CIGS/VIS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING IS LOW DUE TO
THE SIGNIFICANT VARIATIONS EXPECTED. SPILDE

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 515 PM PDT THU 23 OCT 2014...
SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TONIGHT, BUT
MODERATE WEST SWELL WILL EASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A
LULL IN BOTH WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. MODELS CONTINUE
TO SHOW A SURFACE LOW DEEPENING NEAR 40 NORTH AND 130 WEST FRIDAY
NIGHT THEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INSIDE 130 WEST INTO NORTHERN OREGON
AND WASHINGTON BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HISTORICALLY, THIS IS A
FAVORABLE SURFACE LOW TRACK FOR HIGH-END GALES AND EVEN POTENTIAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE OREGON COASTAL WATERS. THE GFS/HI-RES
ARW/GEM MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE OF A COMPACT LOW WITH PRESSURES AS
LOW AS 985MB, WHILE THE EC/NAM HAVE MORE OF AN ELONGATED LOW WITH
PRESSURES DOWN TO 993MB. TAKING AN AVERAGE OF THE MODEL BL AND
SURFACE FLOW, HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 35-45 KT RANGE FOR MOST OF
THE AREA WITH SOME GUSTS POTENTIALLY REACHING 60 KT NEAR CAPE BLANCO
AND OVER THE OUTER WATERS BY SATURDAY AS THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
FRONT MOVES ONSHORE. HAVE ISSUED A STORM/GALE WATCH FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY FOR ALL ZONES WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE
GUSTS OVER THE OUTER WATERS AND IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO.
THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS CHAOTIC SEAS OF UP TO 23
FEET DURING THIS TIME FRAME. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND, AND AFTER ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF
CALMER WINDS AND SEAS, ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SPILDE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 518 PM PDT THU OCT 23 2014/

DISCUSSION...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH AND
RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.
THIS MEANS THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE
ROGUE VALLEY THIS EVENING BUT MOST OF SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN OVERNIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE,
UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS INTO THE CASCADES
AND SISKIYOUS.

THE CONCERN THEN SHIFTS TO THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE THAT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS ARE IN
A BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE TRACK AND TAKE THE LOW NORTHEAST TOWARD
ASTORIA. BOTH THE NAME AND THE GFS SHOW VERY STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENTS FROM ARCATA TO NORTH BEND WITH THIS SYSTEM. COASTAL
WATERS COULD SEE STORM FORCE WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER WIND
DIRECTION WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AND THIS IS NOT AS
FAVORABLE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AT THE COAST EXCEPT AT THE
HEADLANDS. THE STRONG GRADIENTS WILL GENERATE STRONG WINDS ACROSS
THE SHASTA VALLEYS WHILE 700MB WINDS WILL BE IN THE 50-60 MPH
RANGE. I HAVE ISSUED THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY AND
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN OREGON AND NE CALIFORNIA. IN
ADDITION THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS COULD ALSO SEE A VERY STRONG SOUTH
WINDS IMPACTING THE SISKIYOU PASS AND MOUNT ASHLAND AREA.

RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY
AGAIN AT THE COAST WITH SOUTHEAST DOWNSLOPE FLOW SLOWING DOWN THE
ARRIVAL OF RAIN IN THE ROGUE VALLEY UNTIL SATURDAY. THERE IS SOME
INSTABILITY WITH THE FRONT ON SATURDAY AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES
ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION FORECAST SOUNDING SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR
GUSTING WINDS AS WELL.

BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF DIVERGE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TUESDAY
FORWARD WITH THE GFS MAINTAINING THE RIDGE AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES; WHEREAS THE ECMWF BRINGS A LOW PRESSURE INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER SNOW
LEVELS FOR NEXT WEEK. HAVE CONTINUED WITH CLIMATOLOGY POPS IN THE
EXTENDED. /FB

AVIATION...BASED ON THE 24/00Z TAF CYCLE...
A FRONT STALLING FROM SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION AND
REDUCED CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. THE REST OF THE AREA
WILL BE VFR THIS EVENING, BUT WITH SOME TERRAIN OBSCURED ALONG AND
WEST OF THE CASCADES. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AS A
WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING, LIKELY RESULTING IN
ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ALONG AND WEST OF THE
CASCADES WITH CIGS/VIS LOWERING TO MVFR/IFR. TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS
WILL BECOME TOTAL. IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEAST TO
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE IN CIGS/VIS OVERNIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING IS LOW DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT VARIATIONS
EXPECTED. SPILDE

MARINE...UPDATED 515 PM PDT THU 23 OCT 2014...
SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TONIGHT, BUT
MODERATE WEST SWELL WILL EASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A
LULL IN BOTH WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. MODELS CONTINUE
TO SHOW A SURFACE LOW DEEPENING NEAR 40 NORTH AND 130 WEST FRIDAY
NIGHT THEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INSIDE 130 WEST INTO NORTHERN OREGON
AND WASHINGTON BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HISTORICALLY, THIS IS A
FAVORABLE SURFACE LOW TRACK FOR HIGH-END GALES AND EVEN POTENTIAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE OREGON COASTAL WATERS. THE GFS/HI-RES
ARW/GEM MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE OF A COMPACT LOW WITH PRESSURES AS
LOW AS 985MB, WHILE THE EC/NAM HAVE MORE OF AN ELONGATED LOW WITH
PRESSURES DOWN TO 993MB. TAKING AN AVERAGE OF THE MODEL BL AND
SURFACE FLOW, HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 35-45 KT RANGE FOR MOST OF
THE AREA WITH SOME GUSTS POTENTIALLY REACHING 60 KT NEAR CAPE BLANCO
AND OVER THE OUTER WATERS BY SATURDAY AS THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
FRONT MOVES ONSHORE. HAVE ISSUED A STORM/GALE WATCH FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY FOR ALL ZONES WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE
GUSTS OVER THE OUTER WATERS AND IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO.
THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS CHAOTIC SEAS OF UP TO 23
FEET DURING THIS TIME FRAME. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND, AND AFTER ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF
CALMER WINDS AND SEAS, ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SPILDE

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
     ORZ029>031.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
     FOR ORZ028.

CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
     CAZ081>083-085.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ350-356.
     STORM WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR PZZ350-356.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY
     FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ370-376.
     STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR PZZ370-376.

CC/CC/CC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 3:36 AM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR49 hr
Oct 24, 3:36 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR11 hr
Oct 24, 3:36 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR11 hr
Oct 24, 4:12 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more42 hr
Oct 24, 4:12 AM PDTWind AdvisoryMFRCoos, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lake42 hr
Oct 24, 3:04 PM PDTGale WarningMFR23 hr
Oct 24, 3:04 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR29 hr
Oct 24, 3:04 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR11 hr
Oct 24, 3:04 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR8 hr

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Gale Warnings in Oregon, 2014Every gale warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.