Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2014
Gale Warning 60, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Dec 19, 2014, 5:04 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2014, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2014, 5:04 AM PST (13:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2014, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2014, 2:43 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389 WHUS76 KMFR 191304 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 504 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. VERY HEAVY SWELL IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 20 FEET AT 18 SECONDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON SATURDAY GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS ARE EXPECTED. PZZ350-356-376-200215- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0150.000000T0000Z-141219T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0044.141219T1800Z-141221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0081.141219T1800Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0039.141220T1000Z-141221T0600Z/ 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- 504 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: MIXED PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL 13 TO 15 FEET AT 13 AND 22 SECONDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO HEAVY LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 18 TO 22 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH WIND WAVES OF 8 TO 13 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH THE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL RESULTING IN 16 TO 20 FOOT SEAS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT AND THEN WILL INCREASE FURTHER ON SATURDAY TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KT FROM THE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 TO 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-200215- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0150.000000T0000Z-141219T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0044.141219T1800Z-141221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0081.141219T1800Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141220T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0039.141220T1000Z-141221T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 504 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SEAS: MIXED PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 AND 22 SECONDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO HEAVY LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 22 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH WIND WAVES OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH THE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL RESULTING IN 18 TO 22 FOOT SEAS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT AND THEN WILL INCREASE FURTHER ON SATURDAY TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KT FROM THE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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255 WHUS76 KMFR 191652 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 852 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 PZZ350-356-376-200600- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0150.000000T0000Z-141219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.141219T1800Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ 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- 852 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST 20 TO 22 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE SATURDAY...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 TO 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-200600- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0150.000000T0000Z-141219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.141219T1800Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 852 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST 20 TO 22 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE SATURDAY...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
794 WHUS76 KMFR 192242 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 242 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 PZZ356-192345- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 242 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST 20 TO 22 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE SATURDAY...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 TO 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-192345- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 242 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST 20 TO 22 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE SATURDAY...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-376-192345- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 242 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST 20 TO 22 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE SATURDAY...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 TO 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
415 WHUS76 KMFR 192307 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 307 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 PZZ356-201200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 307 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL 20 TO 22 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT. SWELL WILL DECREASE A LITTLE SATURDAY BUT SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-376-201200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.141220T0600Z-141220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 307 PM PST FRI DEC 19 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST 20 TO 22 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY CHOP WILL INCREASE SATURDAY...CREATING VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS OF 20 TO 21 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS...BUT THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DOWN WIND OF CAPE BLANCO SATURDAY MORNING AND 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. 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
067 WHUS76 KMFR 201114 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 314 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 PZZ356-210015- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.000000T0000Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 314 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING 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: WEST SWELL AROUND 20 FEET AT 19 SECONDS LOWERING TO AROUND 16 FEET AT 16 SECONDS THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP INCREASING. VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS WILL RESULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL EASE TO SOUTH 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-376-210015- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.000000T0000Z-141220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0060.141220T1200Z-141221T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 314 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AROUND 20 FEET AT 19 SECONDS LOWERING TO AROUND 16 FEET AT 16 SECONDS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SOUTHERLY CHOP INCREASING. VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC SEAS WILL RESULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL EASE TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS...BUT THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 25 NM OFFSHORE AND FROM GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD. * 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. 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 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. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
893 WHUS76 KMFR 202243 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 243 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 PZZ356-210700- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0149.000000T0000Z-141221T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0151.141221T0600Z-141225T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 243 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AROUND 15 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH DIMINISHING CHOP TO KEEP VERY STEEP, CHAOTIC SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FEET GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING. COMBINED SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT A STEEP WEST SWELL OF 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-210700- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0150.141220T2243Z-141221T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0151.141221T0600Z-141225T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 243 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AROUND 15 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH DIMINISHING CHOP TO KEEP VERY STEEP, CHAOTIC SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FEET GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING. COMBINED SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT A STEEP WEST SWELL OF 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-210700- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-141221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0150.141220T2243Z-141221T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0151.141221T0600Z-141225T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 243 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AROUND 15 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH DIMINISHING CHOP TO KEEP VERY STEEP, CHAOTIC SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FEET GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING. COMBINED SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT A STEEP WEST SWELL OF 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS...HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 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. 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.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Dec 19, 4:13 AM PST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 4:13 AM PST, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
413 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2014
.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING...BRINGING WITH IT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
PRECIPITATION AND SOME MOUNTAIN AND EAST SIDE SNOWFALL AS SNOW
LEVELS DROP TO AROUND 4000 FEET THIS MORNING.
MODERATE SNOWFALL IS BEING OBSERVED ON WEBCAMS AT DIAMOND LAKE...AND
ALONG HIGHWAY 97 AT CHEMULT THIS MORNING. LATEST RADAR DATA SUGGESTS
THE SIGNIFICANT BAND OF SNOW OVER THE CASCADES AND HIGHWAY 97 SHOULD
DIMINISH SOME BEFORE SUNRISE. SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE
CASCADES AT TIMES TODAY WITH A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER COOS AND WESTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY THIS MORNING AS SOME STRIKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
OBSERVED AT THE COAST THIS MORNING IN THE UNSTABLE AIR MASS BEHIND
THE FRONT.
ATTENTION TURNS TO AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT THAT WILL BRING A
RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO THE
FORECAST AREA FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE THE PLUME OF
MOISTURE RETREATS TO THE NORTH. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 4000
AND 5000 FEET WHEN PRECIPITATION BEGINS...SO MOUNTAIN PASSES
SHOULD GET A QUICK SHOT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW LEVELS BUMP ABOVE 5000 FEET MID TO LATE
SATURDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...TRAVELERS WANTING TO AVOID SNOWFALL
OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON TO TRAVEL.
HOWEVER...ALL TRAVELERS IN THE AREA WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ON SATURDAY AT LEAST. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS
WILL BE VERY GUSTY AT THE COAST AND EAST SIDE SATURDAY. 850 MB
WINDS ARE FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND MODELS SUGGEST A 7-9 MB
PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM OTH- ACV...WHICH MAKES GUSTS TO 50 MPH SEEM
VERY REASONABLE. FUTURE SHIFTS MAY WANT TO BUMP THIS UP EVEN
FURTHER IF DATA SUPPORTS THIS. WE INCREASED WINDS NEAR SUMMER LAKE
FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS 50-70KT 700MB WINDS TRAVERSE THAT AREA.
ADDITIONALLY...HAVE INCREASED SHASTA VALLEY WINDS SIMPLY DUE TO
THE STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH PRESSURE GRADIENT EVEN THOUGH THE 700MB
WINDS ARE FROM THE WEST.
THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK COVERS THE HEAVY RAIN SITUATION WELL AT THIS
TIME. LATEST RIVER MODELS SUGGEST THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE
REACHES ACTION STAGE...AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY IF FUTURE
RUNS INCREASE THIS FURTHER. THE CURRENT FORECAST REFLECTS A BLEND
BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...WHICH
BASICALLY IS 5 INCHES FOR THE OROGRAPHIC-FAVORED PORTIONS OF THE
COAST RANGE AND 5 INCHES FOR THE CASCADES FROM CRATER LAKE NORTH.
INTERESTINGLY...INTEGRATED VAPOR TRANSPORT...AN INDICATOR OF HOW
SIGNIFICANT A RAINMAKER THIS SYSTEM WILL BE...TRENDS HAVE DECREASED
SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST FEW GFS ENSEMBLE RUNS...BUT STILL ARE
IMPRESSIVE WITH 5 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL PER THE MOST
RECENT RUN. SNOW LEVELS WILL PEAK AT 9000 FEET LATE SUNDAY...AND
MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WITH THE SYSTEM WILL FALL AS
RAIN...ENTERING THE RIVERS AND STREAMS. THIS AGAIN SUGGESTS THAT
THERE WILL BE SOME HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS WITH THIS STORM.
CONDITIONS DRY OUT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY BEFORE A COLD SYSTEM DROPS
DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND EXHIBITS QUTIE DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR THAN
THE LAST SYSTEM...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING SHARPLY AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AS LOW AS 3000 FEET. THIS OF COURSE IS OF
IMPORTANCE TO ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE AREA OR HOPING FOR A WHITE
CHRISTMAS.
&&
.AVIATION...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT IS TRACKING ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING. IT IS PRODUCING MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
PRECIPITATION WITH A MIX OF MVFR AND VFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES, AREAS OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION, AND GUSTY
SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS MAINLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT EAST OF
THE CASCADES. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH IFR
CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING WEST OF THE CASCADE CREST.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND JUST INLAND THIS
MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING LEVELS SHOULD DROP BY ABOUT 2000
FEET THIS MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO DIMINISHING SHOWERS DURING THE DAY WITH
VFR CEILINGS OCCASIONALLY LOWERING TO MVFR UNDER SHOWERS. THE NEXT
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST FRIDAY EVENING WITH LIGHT RAIN AND
MVFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE WITH
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SPREADING INLAND LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 1015 PM PST THU DEC 18 2014...A COLD FRONT HAS
MOVED INLAND THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WIND WAVES ARE DIMINISHING BUT
SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH ON SATURDAY WITH THE WATERS DOMINATED IN THE
MORNING BY A WEST SWELL AT 13 SECONDS THAT WILL COMBINE WITH A
BUILDING LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL AT AROUND 20 SECONDS. THIS LONG
PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL BECOME DOMINANT FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH SEAS
BUILDING TO A PEAK AROUND 20 FEET AT 18 SECONDS ON FRIDAY EVENING.
THE LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL REMAIN HEAVY THROUGH SATURDAY AS ANOTHER
ROUND OF GALE FORCE WINDS ARRIVES WITH A STRONG WARM FRONT. SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY THIS WARM FRONT WILL LINGER ALONG THE COAST NORTH OF
CAPE BLANCO AS SEAS SUBSIDE AND WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH A
LINGERING LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL...BUT THE WEST SWELL AT 13 SECONDS
BECOMING DOMINANT.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY
FOR ORZ021-022-615-618.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ370.
NSK/NSK/BTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 12:57 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 50 hr | |
| Dec 19, 12:57 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 9 hr | |
| Dec 19, 5:04 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 41 hr | |
| Dec 19, 1:50 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 15 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:52 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 56 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:19 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 56 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:37 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 6 hr |
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