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Gale Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR

February 15, 2014

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 15, 2014, 2:54 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2014, 10:00 AM PST. 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
Feb 15, 2014, 2:54 PM PST (22:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 17, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

193 
WHUS76 KMFR 152254
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
254 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS INTO MONDAY...

.WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. THEN EXPECT A
BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS TONIGHT WITH SEAS REMAINING HIGH
BEFORE STRONG GALES CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL RISE IN SEAS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.

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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 CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
254 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS: 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TONIGHT
  THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH
  ON MONDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES MOST AREAS BUT STORM FORCE ALONG THE
  LANDFALLING FRONT. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE THIS EVENING.
  GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO
  MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: INITIALLY THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED. AFTER
  THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...THE WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH 10
  MILES OF SHORE SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO.

* 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 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.

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-
254 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 8 AM PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 8 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS: 15 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TONIGHT
  THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH
  ON MONDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH STORM FORCE 10 TO 20 NM FROM SHORE WITH
  GUSTS OF 60 KT THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WINDS WILL THEN EASE
  LATER THIS EVENING. GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING AND
  PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE
  STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE WITHIN 30 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH
  THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ON SUNDAY AND
  MONDAY WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION.

* 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 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.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
8 follow-up statements
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WHUS76 KMFR 160202
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
602 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS INTO MONDAY...

.WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. THEN EXPECT A
BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS TONIGHT WITH SEAS REMAINING HIGH
BEFORE STRONG GALES CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL RISE IN SEAS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
602 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: 15 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
  TONIGHT THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 10 TO 20 NM FROM SHORE WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT
  THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN EASE LATER THIS EVENING. GALES
  WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BUT 
  THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE WITHIN 30 NM FROM 
  SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST 
  SEAS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION. 

* 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.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
602 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014


...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
  TONIGHT THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  EASE THIS EVENING...BUT GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING
  AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP
  SEAS. GALES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CAPE ARAGO AND BEYOND 5 NM
  FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS IN ALL OTHER
  AREAS.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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-
602 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014


...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE STORM
WARNING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
  TONIGHT THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO EASE THIS EVENING. GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS
  SEAS AND SMALL CRAFT WINDS. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER SOUTH OF GOLD
  BEACH AND WITHIN 10 NM FROM SHORE. 

* 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
913 
WHUS76 KMFR 160512
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
912 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS INTO MONDAY...

.WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. THEN EXPECT A
BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS TONIGHT WITH SEAS REMAINING HIGH
BEFORE STRONG GALES CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL RISE IN SEAS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.

PZZ370-161815-
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T1600Z-140217T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
912 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: 15 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
  TONIGHT THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH AT AROUND 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL
  EASE LATER OVERNIGHT. GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING
  AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BUT 
  THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE WITHIN 30 NM FROM 
  SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST 
  SEAS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION. 

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T1600Z-140217T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
912 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
  TONIGHT THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH AT AROUND 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO EASE OVERNIGHT...BUT GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN
  SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP
  SEAS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT. GALES WILL
  BEGIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T1600Z-140217T1800Z/
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-
912 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY.
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE STORM
WARNING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY.

* SEAS: 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
  TONIGHT THEN RESUME RISING SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED TO EASE OVERNIGHT. GALES WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY 
  MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS
  SEAS AND SMALL CRAFT WINDS. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER SOUTH OF GOLD
  BEACH AND WITHIN 10 NM FROM SHORE. GALES WILL RETURN TO THE
  WATERS NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
326 
WHUS76 KMFR 161118
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
318 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014


PZZ356-170030-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140218T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.140216T1118Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140217T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140217T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
318 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY.
THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 10 TO 15 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY STEEP
  AND INCREASE TO 14 TO 19 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
  AS WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES 35 KT OVER
  THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH WINDS OF 25
  TO 30 KT DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS
  MORNING BECOMING VERY STEEP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND
  PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS WITHIN 5 NM FROM
  BROOKINGS SOUTH MAY EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS DURING THIS
  PERIOD. GALES WILL DEVELOP FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH...MAINLY BEYOND
  5 NM FROM SHORE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH
  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS TO THE SOUTH.

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE STORM
WARNING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-170030-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140218T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.140216T1118Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140216T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
318 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS THIS
MORNING  HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY.

* SEAS: 11 TO 15 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY STEEP
  AND INCREASE TO 17 TO 22 FEET  THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS
  WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40
  KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY
  MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH
  HALF OF THE WATERS LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THEN
  ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY
  MORNING.

* 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.

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-170030-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140218T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.140216T1118Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
318 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 11 TO 16 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY STEEP
  AND INCREASE TO 16 TO 20 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS
  WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40
  KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY
  MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: INITIALLY...GALES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
  THE NORTH HALF OF THE WATERS...BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...LATE
  THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THEN ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED
  BY GALES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67


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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-170030-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140218T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.140216T1118Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140217T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
318 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY.
THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 11 TO 15 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY STEEP
  AND INCREASE TO 16 TO 20 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
  AS WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES 35 KT OVER
  THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH WINDS OF 25
  TO 30 KT DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS
  MORNING BECOMING VERY STEEP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND
  PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS WITHIN 5 NM FROM
  BROOKINGS SOUTH MAY EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS DURING THIS
  PERIOD. GALES WILL DEVELOP FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH...MAINLY BEYOND
  5 NM FROM SHORE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH
  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS TO THE SOUTH.

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE STORM
WARNING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY.

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
191 
WHUS76 KMFR 161656
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
856 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

PZZ356-170000-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140217T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140217T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
856 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 10 TO 15 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY 
  STEEP AND INCREASE TO 14 TO 19 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT AS WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP 
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO 
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES 35 KT OVER 
  THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH WINDS OF 25 
  TO 30 KT DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS 
  MORNING BECOMING VERY STEEP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND 
  PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS WITHIN 5 NM FROM 
  BROOKINGS SOUTH MAY EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS DURING THIS 
  PERIOD. GALES WILL DEVELOP FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH...MAINLY 
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING... WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS TO THE SOUTH. 

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-170000-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
856 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY.
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 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: 11 TO 15 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY 
  STEEP AND INCREASE TO 17 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 
  TONIGHT AS WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP 
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO 
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES OF 35 TO 
  40 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO 
  MONDAY MORNING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH 
  HALF OF THE WATERS LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THEN 
  ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* 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.

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-170000-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140217T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
856 AM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: 11 TO 15 FT STEEP SEAS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME VERY 
  STEEP AND INCREASE TO 16 TO 20 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT AS WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL INCREASE. VERY STEEP 
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO 
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO GALES 35 KT OVER 
  THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH WINDS OF 25 
  TO 30 KT DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS 
  MORNING BECOMING VERY STEEP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND 
  PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS WITHIN 5 NM FROM 
  BROOKINGS SOUTH MAY EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS DURING THIS 
  PERIOD. GALES WILL DEVELOP FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH...MAINLY 
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING... WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS TO THE SOUTH. 

* 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
033 
WHUS76 KMFR 162312
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
312 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

PZZ350-370-171215-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140217T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0022.140217T1800Z-140219T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0019.140217T1800Z-140218T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1200Z-140220T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
312 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO
10 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO
10 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A GALE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: INCREASING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 23 FEET TONIGHT. LOWERING TO
  AROUND 15 MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUILDING AGAIN UP TO 18 FEET
  TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT TONIGHT THROUGH
  EARLY MORNING MORNING. WINDS EASE TO 15 TO 25 KT MONDAY
  AFTERNOON BUT INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KT AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF BANDON.

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ356-171215-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T2312Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0010.140216T2312Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140219T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140218T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1200Z-140220T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
312 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. 

* SEAS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...INCREASING TO BETWEEN 17 AND 22 FT
  TONIGHT THEN LOWERING TO AROUND 15 FT MONDAY. SOUTH 0F GOLD
  BEACH 12 TO 15 FEET.

* WINDS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35
  KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT TONIGHT...THEN EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT
  MONDAY. SOUTH 0F GOLD BEACH...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH
  WITH ADVISORY LEVELS SOUTH.

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-171215-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0006.140216T2312Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140219T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140218T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1200Z-140220T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
312 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SEAS: INCREASING TO BETWEEN 16 AND 21 FEET TONIGHT. LOWERING TO
  NEAR 14 FEET BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BUILDING AGAIN UP
  TO 16 TO 18 FEET TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT TONIGHT THROUGH
  EARLY MORNING MORNING. WINDS EASE TO 15 TO 25 KT MONDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

STAVISH

HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
402 
WHUS76 KMFR 170304
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
704 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

PZZ356-376-171615-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140219T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140218T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1200Z-140220T0000Z/
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-
704 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...INCREASING TO BETWEEN 17 AND 22 
  FT TONIGHT THEN LOWERING TO AROUND 15 FT MONDAY. SOUTH 0F GOLD 
  BEACH 12 TO 15 FEET. 

* WINDS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 
  35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT TONIGHT...THEN EASING TO 15 TO 25 
  KT MONDAY. SOUTH 0F GOLD BEACH...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH 
  WITH ADVISORY LEVELS SOUTH. 

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-171615-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0022.140217T1800Z-140219T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0019.140217T1800Z-140218T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1200Z-140220T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
704 PM PST SUN FEB 16 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
MONDAY TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
MONDAY TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: INCREASING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 23 FEET TONIGHT. LOWERING 
  TO AROUND 15 FT MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUILDING AGAIN UP TO 18 FEET 
  TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT TONIGHT THROUGH
  EARLY MORNING. WINDS EASE TO 15 TO 25 KT MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT
  INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KT AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5
  NM NORTH OF BANDON...AND ACROSS ALL WATERS BEYOND 10 NM.

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

STAVISH

HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
929 
WHUS76 KMFR 171128
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
328 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

PZZ356-180030-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1200Z-140220T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
328 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 


* SEAS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...WIND DRIVEN SEAS AND VERY STEEP
  WILL BUILD TO AROUND 18 FT THIS MORNING...THEN SEAS WILL LOWER
  WITH STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. SEAS
  MAY BUILD TO 17 FT ON WEDNESDAY AS WESTERLY SWELL INCREASES.
  SOUTH 0F GOLD BEACH...SEAS WILL BE STEEP AT AROUND 13 TO 16
  FT...LOWERING TO 10 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY BEFORE RISING
  AGAIN TO 15 FT ON WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 35
  KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS MORNING...THEN EASING TO 15 TO 25
  KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH
  TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO 25 TO 30 KT. SOUTH 0F GOLD
  BEACH...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT LOWERING TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON
  THEN INCREASING AGAIN TO 20 TO 25 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH 
  WITH ADVISORY LEVELS SOUTH. 

* 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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/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0019.140217T1800Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0006.140218T1600Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1600Z-140220T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
328 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP SEAS OF 18 TO 20 FEET ARE
  EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL LOWER THIS AFTERNOON WITH STEEP
  SEAS OF AROUND 16 FT EXPECTED...LOWERING TO 13 TO 14 FT TONIGHT.
  SEAS MAY BUILD AGAIN AND BECOME VERY STEEP TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS
  EASE TO 15 TO 25 KT THEN AFTERNOON BUT INCREASE AGAIN LATE
  TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 30 TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED THIS MORNING BY VERY
  STEEP SEAS AND GALES FOLLOWED BY STEEP SEAS AND ADVISORY LEVEL
  WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. TUESDAY...THERE IS POTENTIAL
  FOR GALES OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERS. VERY
  STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS MAY AFFECT ALL THE AREA TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY.

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0022.140217T1800Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0019.140217T1800Z-140220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0006.140218T1600Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1600Z-140220T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
328 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP SEAS OF 18 TO 20 FEET ARE
  EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL LOWER THIS AFTERNOON WITH STEEP
  SEAS OF AROUND 17 FT EXPECTED...LOWERING TO 12 TO 13 FT TONIGHT.
  SEAS MAY BUILD AGAIN AND BECOME VERY STEEP TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS OF 15 TO 18 FT POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS
  EASE TO 15 TO 25 KT THEN AFTERNOON BUT INCREASE AGAIN LATE
  TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 30 TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED THIS MORNING BY VERY
  STEEP SEAS AND GALES FOLLOWED BY STEEP SEAS AND ADVISORY LEVEL
  WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. TUESDAY...THERE IS POTENTIAL
  FOR GALES FOR LOCATIONS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY THE MOST HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM
  FROM SHORE.

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140219T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
328 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

* SEAS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...WIND DRIVEN SEAS AND VERY STEEP
  WILL BUILD TO AROUND 18 FT THIS MORNING...THEN SEAS WILL LOWER
  WITH STEEP SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TUESDAY. SEAS MAY BUILD TO 18 FT ON WEDNESDAY AS
  WESTERLY SWELL INCREASES. SOUTH 0F GOLD BEACH...SEAS WILL BE
  STEEP AT AROUND 16 TO 17 FEET...LOWERING TO AROUND 13 FEET
  TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY BEFORE RISING AGAIN TO 17 FT ON WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD...SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35
  KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS MORNING...THEN EASING TO 15 TO 25
  KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT
  THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO 25 TO 30 KT. SOUTH 0F
  GOLD BEACH...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH 
  WITH ADVISORY LEVELS SOUTH. 

* 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
739 
WHUS76 KMFR 171822
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1022 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

PZZ370-180000-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0023.140218T0900Z-140218T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0006.140218T1500Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1600Z-140220T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1022 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE
WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD AROUND 14 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
  SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN AND MAY BECOME VERY STEEP TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING BELOW 20 KT. WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AND MAY REACH GALE FORCE.  

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-140217T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0023.140218T0900Z-140218T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0006.140218T1500Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140218T1600Z-140220T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
1022 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD AROUND 14 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
  SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN AND MAY BECOME VERY STEEP TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING BELOW 20 KT. WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AND MAY REACH GALE FORCE. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

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/O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140217T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0023.140218T0900Z-140218T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.GL.A.0006.140218T1500Z-140219T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0006.140219T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1022 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD AROUND 14 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
  SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN AND MAY BECOME VERY STEEP TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING BELOW 20 KT. WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AND MAY REACH GALE FORCE. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT
  CONDITIONS BUT GALE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  PRIMARILY NORTH OF GOLD BEACH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ356-180000-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140217T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0023.140218T0900Z-140218T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.GL.A.0006.140218T1500Z-140219T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
1022 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS: STEEP SWELL DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH DOMINANT
  PERIOD AROUND 14 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
  SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN AND MAY BECOME VERY STEEP TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING BELOW 20 KT. WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AND MAY REACH GALE FORCE.  

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT
  CONDITIONS EXCEPT LIGHTER WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN A
  FEW MILES OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS. GALE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS
  ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM
  SHORE ON TUESDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$


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 Feb 15, 8:45 AM PST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 8:45 AM PST, 6 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
845 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

.UPDATE...WILL BE UPDATING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...QPF...TO LOWER
THEM FOR COOS COUNTY BUT RAISE THEM SLIGHTLY FOR CURRY COUNTY AS
PER LATEST NAM PRECIPITATION FORECAST.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A SHORT LULL IN THE STORM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS JUST RIGHT OFF SHORE AND WILL
MOVE ONSHORE THIS MORNING. ORIENTATION OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM IS MORE
NORTH-SOUTH COMPARED TO PREVIOUS SYSTEMS. AS SUCH...CURRY COUNTY
TAKES THE BRUNT OF THE HIT WHILE COOS COUNTY GETS SOME RELIEF. AS
MENTIONED IN THE UPDATE SECTION ABOVE...WILL LOWER QPF AMOUNTS IN
COOS COUNTY BUT RAISE THEM SLIGHTLY IN CURRY COUNTY. THIS MAY
AFFECT CURRENT RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ESPECIALLY FOR THE COQUILLE.

&&

.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 15/12Z TAF CYCLE.

A WARM FRONT IS MOVING NORTH THIS MORNING AND IS LOCATED OVER
COOS...DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. MEANWHILE A STRONG
FRONT IS APPROACHING THE COAST THIS MORNING FROM THE WEST AND WILL
MOVE INLAND DURING THE EVENING. IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE COAST INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY AS THE STRONG
FRONT ARRIVES. LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY
THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND
AT KRBG.

ALONG THE COAST EXPECT A MIX OF MVFR/IFR CIGS THROUGH THIS EVENING
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD IFR IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE
HEAVIEST RAIN ARRIVES. FOR INLAND AREAS...SOUTH OF A WARM FRONT
THERE IS A MIX OF IFR/MVFR CIGS IN MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING
AT KMFR. AS THE STRONG FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THOUGH LATE
THIS MORNING, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP INLAND WITH LOCAL
MVFR CIGS.   DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING EXPECT
INCREASING MVFR CIGS OVER THE AREA AS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SPREADS
INLAND. ALSO, THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL REACH THE SURFACE IN
THE LATE MORNING  INTO AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. /CC

&&

.MARINE...

CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING AS A STRONG  COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING . THE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD
AGREEMENT THAT SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO  GALES THIS MORNING WITH
STORM FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON,
MAINLY WITHIN 30 NM OF THE COAST. STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO 65 KT ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. GALE TO STORM FORCE  WINDS
WILL  PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TODAY AS WELL AS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT WITH A HIGH WEST SWELL BRIEFLY BECOMING
DOMINANT AS SEAS REMAIN HIGH. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW
CLOSELY BEHIND WITH GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 22 FT
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING DUE TO LARGE WESTERLY SWELL AND
VERY STEEP WIND WAVES. THIS STORMY PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS...AND  PERIODS OF GALE FORCE
WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. /CC

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2014/

DISCUSSION...CURRENT IR IMAGE SHOWS THE NEXT STORM ALREADY STARTING
TO TAKE SHAPE OUT NEAR 35N/139W WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD TOP COOLING OUT
AHEAD OF IT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LOW AND
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT'S OVER THE AREA RIGHT NOW SHOULD LIFT
NORTH AND WE'LL SEE PRECIPITATION DECREASING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
THIS WILL RESULT IN LESS QPF AMOUNTS FOR THE SHASTA AND ROGUE
VALLEYS. STILL WERE EXPECTING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO IMPACT THE
COAST AND COASTAL MOUNTAINS TODAY. PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR
DETAILS REGARDING FLOOD PRODUCTS AS WELL AS THE BOTTOM OF THIS
PRODUCT. IN SHORT, ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER ALONG THE COAST
WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND 1
TO 2 INCHES ALONG THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS. MORE SMALL STREAM
AND URBAN FLOODING WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING AND SOME
MAIN STEMS WILL ALSO FLOOD. SNOW LEVELS WILL COME UP TO
AROUND 7000 FEET THIS MORNING...LOWERING TO AROUND 6500 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON.

CURRENT DATA STILL SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A BENT BACK OCCLUDED
FRONT WITH CONVECTION TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND INTO THE
COAST LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THOUGH A LOW
PROBABILITY FORECAST, BOTH THE GFS40 AND NAM12 STILL SUGGEST THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUCH A FEATURE, AS COLD AIR AT 500MB OUTRUNS THE 700MB
WARM SECTOR, THIS COULD GIVE RISE TO CONVECTION AND THUNDERSTORMS
RESULTING IN SQUALLY CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ON THE
COAST FROM ABOUT GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD. IF THIS DOES INDEED OCCUR,
THIS BOUNDARY WOULD STAND A CHANCE OF RIDING OVER THE COASTAL
MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD AND SHORT TERM WARNINGS MIGHT BE NEEDED. SUCH
PAST EVENTS USUALLY HAVE OCCURRED IN MARCH AND HAVE RESULTED IN MANY
DOWNED TREES. SO BEWARE AS THE FRONT GOES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

ON TOP OF THAT, MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO GOING TO IMPACT
MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT IS STRONGER
COMPARED TO THE LAST ONE, SO WERE EXPECTING STRONGER WINDS. THE
MODELS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT, SO THE CURRENT COVERAGE OF THE
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH. THE ONE CHANGE I MADE
WAS TO ADD SOME DETAIL TO THE COVERAGE OF THE WIND ADVISORIES FOR
THE INLAND WESTSIDE LOCATIONS. THE MODELS STILL SHOW THE SURFACE LOW
FURTHER SOUTH COMPARED TO THE LAST ONE AND PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE
TIGHTER. ALSO THE TROUGH TILL BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED AND THIS WILL
TAP INTO STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. THIS IS ALSO A GOOD SCENARIO FOR A
COASTAL JET TO SET UP JUST OFFSHORE RESULTING IN HIGH WINDS OVER THE
WATERS, COASTAL HEADLANDS AND COAST RANGE. HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO
LIKELY ON THE EAST SIDE PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA.

WE'LL ALSO SEE WINDS MIX DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS, BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED, SO ADDED SOME DETAIL TO THE
ADVISORIES. IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE CALL FOR MEDFORD TO REACH
ADVISORY CRITERIA, BECAUSE THE WINDS ARE NOT PERFECTLY ALIGNED BUT
ASHLAND STANDS A BETTER CHANCE. WINDS WILL DECREASE RATHER QUICKLY
SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS
DROPPING DOWN TO NEAR 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE DECREASE WHICH SHOULD LIMIT SNOW
ACCUMULATION. WITH THAT SAID, EXPECT SOME SNOW TO ACCUMULATE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ALONG HIGHWAYS 140...62...US
HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND PERHAPS OVER SISKIYOU SUMMIT.

PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT WITH DRY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THE GFS AND EC ARE
IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING THE
NORTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY MORNING, THEN MOVING INTO
THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER THIS TIME WERE NOT EXPECTING NEARLY THE
TOTALS WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE LAST SEVERAL STORMS. -PETRUCELLI

AVIATION...A MIX OF IFR AND MVFR CONDITIONS BUT THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION AND LOWEST CEILINGS IN SOUTHWEST OREGON. LATER IN
THE MORNING, A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THIS
FRONT WILL ARRIVE AT THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD
INLAND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT THE COAST
AS THE FRONT ARRIVES. FREEZING LEVELS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE
MORNING...UP TO 8000 FT MSL WHILE LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY MVFR THROUGH THE DAY WITH IFR IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BOTH FRONTS. ALSO, THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL
REACH THE SURFACE IN THE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA.
SPILDE/DW

MARINE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS CONTINUING AND WINDS AND SEAS ARE
INCREASING THIS EVENING. BUT CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AND
SIGNIFICANTLY THIS MORNING AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM
THE WEST. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT WINDS WILL REACH
GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT THEN INCREASE TO STORM FORCE AT 50 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO 65 KT THIS MORNING. THESE STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE FRONT WILL BRING
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT WITH A HIGH WEST SWELL
BRIEFLY BECOMING DOMINANT AS SEAS REMAIN HIGH. ANOTHER STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY BEHIND WITH GALES LIKELY DEVELOPING ON
SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT IN INCREASING SEAS...LIKELY
TO PEAK NEAR 20 FT EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS STORMY PATTERN WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS...AND
ALSO PERIODS OF GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SPILDE/DW

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR ORZ030-031.
     FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ORZ021>028.
     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
     ORZ021-022-024.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
     FOR ORZ023-025-026.
     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ027-028.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ029.

CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR CAZ085.
     FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR CAZ080.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ084.
     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
     MORNING FOR  PZZ350-356-370-376.
     STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.

KRS/TRW/TRW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 15, 12:29 PM PST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1229 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SSE COOS BAY          43.36N 124.22W
02/15/2014  M2.80 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PAST 36 HOURS.

&&

GLASER
Local storm report, Feb 15, 12:30 PM PST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1230 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WNW PORT ORFORD         42.75N 124.50W
02/15/2014  M1.78 INCH       CURRY              OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NOON TO NOON.

&&

GLASER
Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:10 PM PST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
110 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 W MERLIN              42.52N 123.50W
02/15/2014  M1.15 INCH       JOSEPHINE          OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TO 1PM.

&&

GLASER
Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:19 PM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
119 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSW OBRIEN            42.05N 123.71W
02/15/2014  M1.25 INCH       JOSEPHINE          OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MIDNIGHT TO 1PM.

&&

GLASER
Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:31 PM PST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
131 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NNW BROOKINGS         42.12N 124.34W
02/15/2014  M1.25 INCH       CURRY              OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            10AM TO 1OAM. TOTAL OF 8.45 RAINFALL SINCE 2/7. S WIND
            GUSTS 30-45MPH.

&&

GLASER
Local storm report, Feb 15, 2:45 PM PST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
245 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

&&

GLASER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 4:11 PM PSTGale WatchMFR23 hr
Feb 14, 4:11 PM PSTGale WarningMFR26 hr
Feb 14, 4:11 PM PSTHazardous Seas WatchMFR23 hr
Feb 14, 4:11 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR35 hr
Feb 14, 4:11 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR15 hr
Feb 14, 4:11 PM PSTStorm WarningMFR26 hr
Feb 14, 11:47 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFRJackson, Klamath10 hr
Feb 15, 1:16 AM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas17 hr
Feb 15, 2:54 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR12 hr

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Sources

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