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Gale Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR

March 2, 2014

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 2, 2014, 3:13 AM PST. It took effect at Mar 2, 2014, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 20 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
Mar 2, 2014, 3:13 AM PST (11:13 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 3, 2014, 9:18 AM PST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

538 
WHUS76 KMFR 021113
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
313 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

PZZ350-370-030015-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.140302T1800Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.140302T1800Z-140304T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0009.140302T2100Z-140303T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0012.140302T2100Z-140303T0300Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
313 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 1 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT FROM
  THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT...EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  40 KT IN THE AREA FROM 5 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* SEAS: 7 TO 9 FEET...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FEET THIS EVENING AND
  DOMINATED BY STEEP SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL THEN
  PERSIST AT 8 TO 11 FEET THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE FROM
  5 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* 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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-376-030015-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.140302T1800Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.140302T1800Z-140304T0000Z/
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-
313 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 1 AM PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
THIS MORNING TO 1 AM PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: 7 TO 9 FEET...BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FEET THIS EVENING AND
  DOMINATED BY STEEP SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS WILL THEN
  PERSIST AT 8 TO 10 FEET THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND IN THE VICINITY
  OF CAPE BLANCO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$


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4 follow-up statements
379 
WHUS76 KMFR 021735
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
935 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

PZZ356-376-030645-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.140302T1800Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.140302T1800Z-140304T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0012.140302T2100Z-140303T0600Z/
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-
935 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: 7 TO 9 FEET AT 10 SECONDS...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO
  10 FEET THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE 
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN AND IN THE 
  VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-030645-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.140302T1800Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.140302T1800Z-140304T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.140302T2100Z-140303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.140302T2100Z-140303T0300Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
935 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* SEAS: 8 TO 9 FEET AT 10 SECONDS...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO
  11 FEET THIS EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED OUT TO AROUND 30 NM FROM
  SHORE...WITH STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS OUT TO 40 NM FROM SHORE. ALL
  OTHER AREAS CAN EXPECT SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS.

* 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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-030645-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.140302T1800Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.140302T2100Z-140303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.140302T2100Z-140303T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.140303T0600Z-140304T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
935 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT.

* SEAS: 7 TO 9 FEET AT 10 SECONDS...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO
  11 FEET THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...WITH
  SMALL CRAFT WINDS IN ALL OTHER LOCATIONS. STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS
  ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. 

* 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 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
662 
WHUS76 KMFR 022241
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
241 PM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

PZZ370-031200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
241 PM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...

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.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A
  DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8 SECONDS.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
  DROP BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE
  FORCE AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-031200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.140303T0600Z-140304T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
241 PM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...

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.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A
  DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8 SECONDS.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
  DROP BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE
  FORCE AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-031200-
/O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
241 PM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...GALE WARNING 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 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS 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 AM
PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A
  DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8 SECONDS.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
  DROP BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE
  FORCE AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY NORTH OF GOLD BEACH
  AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WITH SMALL CRAFT WINDS INSIDE 5 NM
  AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL
  THE WATERS EXCEPT WITHIN A FEW MILES OF BROOKINGS WHERE SMALL
  CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-031200-
/O.UPG.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
241 PM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

...GALE WARNING 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 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS 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 AM
PST MONDAY.  

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A
  DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 8 SECONDS.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
  DROP BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE
  FORCE AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH 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.

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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337 
WHUS76 KMFR 031159
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
359 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

PZZ356-040100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140305T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
359 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING 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 TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS
  MORNING...EXCEPT 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR BROOKINGS.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT
  PERIOD OF 7 SECONDS THIS MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL DIMINISH AND
  SWELL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH
  FRESH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND A DOMINANT WEST SWELL AT 17 SECONDS
  PRODUCING SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF BROOKINGS WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. WINDS WILL BE AT SMALL
  CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. VERY STEEP SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED OVER ALL THE WATERS INTO THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT WITHIN
  A FEW MILES OF BROOKINGS WHERE SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-040100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0025.140303T2200Z-140305T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
359 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS
  MORNING...EXCEPT 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT FROM 10 TO 15
  NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT
  PERIOD OF 7 SECONDS THIS MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL DIMINISH AND
  SWELL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH
  FRESH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND A DOMINANT WEST SWELL AT 17 SECONDS
  PRODUCING SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING EXCEPT SMALL
  CRAFT WINDS FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWARD WITHIN 15 NM FROM SHORE.
  VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL THE WATERS INTO THIS
  AFTERNOON EXCEPT FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWARD WITHIN 15 NM FROM
  SHORE WHERE SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-040100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0025.140303T2200Z-140305T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
359 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS MORNING.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT
  PERIOD OF 7 SECONDS THIS MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL DIMINISH AND
  SWELL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH
  FRESH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND A DOMINANT WEST SWELL AT 17 SECONDS
  PRODUCING SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AND VERY STEEP
  SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL THE WATERS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL
  CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATERS LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY.

* 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.

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

&&

$$
DW

HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
386 
WHUS76 KMFR 031718
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
918 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

PZZ356-040630-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140305T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
918 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET AT 7 SECONDS
  TODAY...BECOMING 10 TO 12 FEET AT 17 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN
  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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-040630-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0025.140303T2200Z-140305T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
918 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT THIS MORNING.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET AT 7 SECONDS
  TODAY...BECOMING 9 TO 12 FEET AT 17 SECONDS.  

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN
  5 AND 30 NM FROM SHORE. STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  OVER 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-040630-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140303T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0025.140303T2200Z-140305T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
918 AM PST MON MAR 3 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 PM PST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET AT 7 SECONDS
  THIS MORNING...BECOMING 9 TO 12 FEET AT 17 SECONDS. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OUT TO
  40 NM FROM SHORE. STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN 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.

&&

$$


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 Mar 2, 3:04 AM PST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:04 AM PST, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
304 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014

.DISCUSSION...A LONG STRETCH OF WET AND AT TIME WINDY WEATHER IS
IN STORE FOR THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEK. PRECIP IS ALREADY MOVING
IN AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY.
BY LATE MORNING BEST DYNAMICS WILL HAVE SET INTO THE REGION AS THE
LEFT EXIT REGION OF A +100KT JET NUDGES INTO THE REGION...BRIEFLY
SETTING UP A KISSING JET PATTERN WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF
A 80 KT JET OVER WA STATE. AS THE STRONGER JET WINDS MOVE IN LATER
TODAY SW 700 MB FLOW INCREASES WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
TIGHTENING OVER THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING AREAS OF
ADVISORY STRENGTH WINDS TOT HE SHASTA VALLEY AND THE EAST SIDE
TODAY INTO THE EVENING. WITH 850 WINDS IN THE 35 TO 40 KT RANGE
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT THE COAST...A COASTAL JET WILL FORM THERE
WITH BRIEF GALES IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS. THE GRADIENT DOES
NOT APPEAR TO BE TIGHT ENOUGH NORTH TO SOUTH TO BRING HIGH WIND
WARNING WINDS TO THE COAST HOWEVER. THE CORE OF THE JET SITS RIGHT
OVER THE SW CORNER OF OR MONDAY MORNING WITH 700 MB WINDS BECOMING
MORE PERPENDICULAR TO THE COAST AND A LONG FETCH OF MOISTURE
EXTENDING BEYOND THE DATE LINE ACROSS THE PACIFIC. THIS WILL BRING
A ROUND OF HEAVY PRECIP IN OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED AREAS MONDAY.
SHOWERS WILL ONLY TAPER OF TO ISOLATED LATER TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE
NEXT SYSTEM THAT COMES IN WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE A
STRONGER JET WITH A SIMILAR PATTERN AND ANOTHER LONG FETCH OF
MOISTURE ACROSS THE PACIFIC RESULTING IN YET ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY PRECIP INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 02/06Z TAF CYCLE...
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THE VALLEYS THIS EVENING, EXCEPT
IN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW UPSLOPE AREAS SUCH AS THE COAST AND MOUNT
SHASTA CITY. THERE ARE STILL SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA,
ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR WEST SIDE THAT WILL RESULT IN LOCAL MVFR DUE
TO BRIEF CEILING AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. EXPECT THE NEXT ROUND
OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TO FOCUS ON AREAS ON AND AROUND THE
COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SPREADING NORTHWARD OVER
THE COURSE OF SUNDAY MORNING. THROUGH THE PERIOD THERE WILL BE
PARTIAL TERRAIN OBSCURATION WHICH WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. EXPECT MOSTLY MVFR WITH THE SHOWERS SUNDAY
MORNING WITH THE COAST AND SHASTA AREA A BIT WORSE. BTL

&&

.MARINE...A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY THEN REACH A
PEAK SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE EASING A BIT OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ACROSS ALL ZONES WITH STEEP
SHORT PERIOD SEAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS THOUGH, WHERE 925MB WINDS
REACH ABOUT 50KTS. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY WEAKEN LATER SUNDAY NIGHT BUT
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BUILDING DUE TO A FRESH SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST SWELL. THE NEXT FRONT WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY BEHIND ON MONDAY
WITH SOUTH WINDS LIKELY INCREASING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
AGAIN BUT ALSO SEAS BECOMING HAZARDOUS WITH THE COMBINATION OF WIND
WAVES AND FRESH SOUTHWEST SWELL. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ON
TUESDAY...THEN THE STRONGEST FRONT IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR GALES. WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, BUT A WEST SWELL WILL BECOME DOMINANT WITH
SEAS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH AT LEAST INTO FRIDAY. SPILDE

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
     ORZ029>031.

CA...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
     CAZ083-085.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING
     FOR CAZ081.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM
     PST MONDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS
     EVENING FOR PZZ350-370.
     GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
     FOR PZZ350-370.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
     TO 4 AM PST MONDAY FOR PZZ350-356.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
     TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR PZZ370-376.

SBN/SBN/SBN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 2:41 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake40 hr
Mar 2, 3:13 AM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR35 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Oregon, 2014Every gale warning in 2014

Sources

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