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Storm Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm watch at Feb 13, 2014, 4:01 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 15, 2014, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2014, 4:01 PM PST (00:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2014, 4:11 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
847 WHUS76 KMFR 140001 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 401 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 ...THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF STORMS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT ... .THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A VERY STRONG STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE WATERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PZZ376-141315- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0004.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0008.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.140214T0600Z-140214T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0017.140214T1200Z-140214T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 401 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING AND A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...A STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: RISING TO 8 TO 10 FEET THIS EVENING THEN A PEAK NEAR 14 FEET WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A STRONG FRONT COULD BRING WINDS UP TO STORM FORCE OF 50 KNOTS SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR FROM 10 NM TO 30 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 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ356-141315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0004.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0008.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 401 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING AND THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM NOW UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. * SEAS: 7 TO 8 FEET THIS EVENING THEN A PEAK NEAR 14 FEET WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A STRONG FRONT COULD BRING WINDS UP TO STORM FORCE OF 50 KNOTS SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR FROM CAPE BLANCO SOUTH TO ABOUT 5 NM OFF GOLD BEACH. * 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 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ350-141315- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140214T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0008.140214T0600Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.140214T0600Z-140214T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 401 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM NOW UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY. * SEAS: 8 TO 9 FEE AT 11 SECONDS THIS EVENING THEN RISING WITH A PEAK OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN BUILDING TO SOUTH GALES OF 35 KNOTS TONIGHT. A STRONG FRONT COULD BRING WINDS UP TO STORM FORCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH TO CAPE BLANCO. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ370-141315- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140214T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.140214T0600Z-140214T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.140214T0600Z-140214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0008.140214T0600Z-140214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0017.140214T1200Z-140214T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 401 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING AND A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM NOW UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...THEN AGAIN FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: 11 FEET AT 11 SECONDS DIMINISHING TO 8 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THEN RISING TO 10 FEET THIS EVENING AND A PEAK OF 11 TO 13 FEET WITH WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN BUILDING TO SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ZONE THIS EVENING TO THE NORTHERN PORTION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT IS LIKELY TO ARRIVE ON SATURDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
2 follow-up statements
845 WHUS76 KMFR 141122 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 322 AM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS SATURDAY ... .A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS SATURDAY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE WATERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. PZZ356-150030- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140214T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 322 AM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE THIS MORNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WESTERLY SWELL AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL PERSIST TODAY THEN INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. THEN A STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE NIGHT THEN TO STRONG GALES OF 40 TO 45 KT ON SATURDAY WITH STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR 50 KT POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND FROM PORT ORFORD NORTH. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ370-150030- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140214T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140214T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140214T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0017.140214T1122Z-140215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0004.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 322 AM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE THIS MORNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WESTERLY SWELL AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL PERSIST TODAY THEN INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. THEN A STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE NIGHT THEN TO STRONG GALES OF 40 TO 45 KT ON SATURDAY WITH STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR 50 KT POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED MAINLY FROM 5 NM FRO SHORE TO 30 NM FROM SHORE. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ376-150030- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140214T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0017.140214T1122Z-140215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 322 AM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE THIS MORNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WESTERLY SWELL AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL PERSIST TODAY THEN INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. THEN A STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE NIGHT THEN TO STRONG GALES OF 40 TO 45 KT ON SATURDAY WITH STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR 50 KT POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED MAINLY FROM 5 NM FRO SHORE TO 30 NM FROM SHORE. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ350-150030- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140214T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140214T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 322 AM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE THIS MORNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WESTERLY SWELL AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL PERSIST TODAY THEN INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. THEN A STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE NIGHT THEN TO STRONG GALES OF 40 TO 45 KT ON SATURDAY WITH STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR 50 KT POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED. * 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. 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
615 WHUS76 KMFR 150011 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 411 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS INTO MONDAY... .WINDS AND SEAS WILL RISE GRADUALLY THIS EVENING THEN SHARPLY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS WILL BE VERY SHORT WITH SEAS REMAINING HIGH BEFORE STRONG GALES CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL RISE IN SEAS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. PZZ356-151300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140215T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0003.140215T1500Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0009.140215T1200Z-140216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0005.140215T1200Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0019.140215T0900Z-140215T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0005.140216T0600Z-140217T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0005.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 411 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH AND THE GALE WATCH AND THE STORM WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. * SEAS: 10 TO 12 FEET AND INCREASING INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY SATURDAY NIGHT THEN RESUME RISING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT THEN QUICKLY RISING TO GALES THEN STORM FORCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH WINDS NEAR 50 KT WITH GUSTS OF 60 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE BUT WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH NEAR SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ PZZ370-151300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0019.140215T0900Z-140215T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0004.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0003.140215T1500Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0005.140215T1500Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0009.140215T1200Z-140216T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0005.140216T0600Z-140217T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0005.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 411 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH AND THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH AND THE GALE WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. * SEAS: 10 TO 12 FEET AND INCREASING INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY SATURDAY NIGHT THEN RESUME RISING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT THEN QUICKLY RISING TO GALES THEN STORM FORCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH WINDS NEAR 50 KT WITH GUSTS OF 60 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 30 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-151300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140215T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0003.140215T1500Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0009.140215T1200Z-140216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0005.140215T1200Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0019.140215T0900Z-140215T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1200Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0005.140216T0600Z-140217T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0005.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 411 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH AND THE GALE WATCH AND THE STORM WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. * SEAS: 10 TO 12 FEET AND INCREASING INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY SATURDAY NIGHT THEN RESUME RISING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT THEN QUICKLY RISING TO GALES THEN STORM FORCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH WINDS NEAR 50 KT WITH GUSTS OF 60 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 30 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. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ PZZ350-151300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0019.140215T0900Z-140215T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0004.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0003.140215T1500Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0005.140215T1500Z-140216T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0009.140215T1200Z-140216T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0005.140216T0600Z-140217T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0005.140216T1800Z-140217T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 411 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH AND THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. * SEAS: 10 TO 12 FEET AND INCREASING INTO SATURDAY AS A STRONG FRONT BRINGS VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISING TO 16 TO 20 FEET. SEAS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLIGHTLY SATURDAY NIGHT THEN RESUME RISING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THEN REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT THEN QUICKLY RISING TO GALES THEN STORM FORCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH WINDS NEAR 50 KT WITH GUSTS OF 60 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE MARINE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. 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 storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Feb 13, 3:24 PM PST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 3:24 PM PST, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
324 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY.
A VERY PRONOUNCED ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ACROSS THE PACIFIC IS CURRENTLY LIFTING NORTHWARD
FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO OUR AREA. RAINFALL FROM THIS NEXT
ROUND OF MOISTURE IS ALREADY INCREASING PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST, WITH SOMES
BAR REPORTING 0.14" OF RAIN IN JUST THE LAST HOUR.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE HEAVY TO EXTREME, AS WE
OFTEN SEE IN THESE PROLONGED ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENTS. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ARE LIKELY TO SURPASS THOSE
ALREADY OBSERVED FROM THE STORM SERIES, AND MAY VERY WELL BE
DOUBLE OF THAT FOR SOME AREA FROM THE OREGON CASCADES AND THE
SHASTA VALLEY WESTWARD. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN MEDFORD, FOR
INSTANCE, ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD, WHILE SOME REASONABLE MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES IT
COULD REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES. THUS, STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AS THIS
EVENT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. ON THE CURRY COAST AND COASTAL
MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 13 INCHES OF RAIN IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED.
SNOW LEVELS DRIFTED UPWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO RISE
FURTHER THIS EVENING AS THE NEXT SURGE OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE
ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW LEVELS WILL AGAIN SURGE TO 7000
TO 9000 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, HIGHEST IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND LOWEST IN THE CRATER LAKE AREA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SNOW LEVELS WILL COME BACK DOWN TO 5000 TO 7000 FEET
BEFORE SURGING UP AGAIN.
RAINFALL AND WIND WAS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR UPDATES TODAY, AND THE NEXT
ONE TWO PUNCH OF MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO PUSH
MANY COASTAL RIVERS TO ACTION AND/OR FLOOD STAGE THIS WEEKEND
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. RAIN WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUE AT SIGNIFICANT RATES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE
ADVERTISED LULL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL STILL BE QUITE
WET FOR MANY AREAS AND MODELS HAVE ACTUALLY TRENDED WETTER FOR
THIS TIME PERIODS. PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY IS
LIKELY TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE STORM SERIES IN TERMS OF
RATES. FINALLY, A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BRINGING SNOW LEVELS DOWN AND
DIMINISHING RUNOFF POTENTIAL. THERE WILL, AS ALWAYS, BE LAG TIME
FOR THE RAIN FROM THIS LAST BOUT TO MAKE IT'S WAY THROUGH THE
RIVER SYSTEMS, SO RIVER LEVELS WILL BE A CONCERN OVER THE WEEKEND
THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCHES CURRENTLY OUT FOR THE AREA, AS THE
COQUILLE IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE ALONG THE SOUTH FORK AT
MYRTLE POINT AND AT COQUILLE. OTHER WEST SIDE WATERWAYS TO INCLUDE
THE CHETCO AND PORTIONS OF THE UMPQUA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ACTION
STAGE. PEAK FLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEN
LINGER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. BTL
WIND HAZARDS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN, THE NEXT TWO FRONTS WILL
PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. A WARM FRONT WILL BLOW
THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS DON'T LOOK
SUFFICIENT FOR ANY WARNINGS ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT, BUT IT WILL BE
BREEZY TO WINDY AND WE'LL PROBABLY SEE GUSTS UPWARDS OF 60 MPH IN
THE HEADLANDS AND CERTAINLY IN THE COAST RANGE. AS USUAL, THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE EAST SIDE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE SUMMER RIM, WILL GET
WINDY, AND A HIGH WIND WARNING WAS ISSUED THERE. ALSO ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SHASTA VALLEY INCLUDING
WEED. GRADIENTS THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY AREN'T PARTICULARLY
IMPRESSIVE, BUT SINCE IT'S ALREADY GUSTING INTO THE 20S, IT PROBABLY
WON'T TAKE MUCH TO MIX DOWN ADVISORY WINDS FROM ALOFT.
THE MORE IMPRESSIVE STORM, WIND-WISE, IT EXPECTED SATURDAY. WE WILL
HAVE A SUB-980 MB SURFACE LOW SLIPPING INSIDE 130W OFF THE
WASHINGTON COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS IS A LITTLE FURTHER
NORTH THAN WE'D USUALLY LIKE TO SEE FOR HIGH WINDS, THE REST OF THE
SYSTEM WILL COME IN NEGATIVELY TILTED AND BE PACKING PLENTY OF WIND
ALOFT FOR US TO TAP INTO. WITH A WARM FRONT SATURDAY MORNING
FOLLOWED FAIRLY QUICKLY BY A COLD FRONT/OCCLUSION, THIS IS A GOOD
SETUP FOR A COASTAL JET AS WINDS ARE SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE TWO FRONTS
AND THE TERRAIN. 700 MB WINDS (A GOOD PROXY FOR POTENTIAL GUSTS ON
THE EAST SIDE AND IN THE CASCADES) WILL BE APPROACHING 80 KT
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FINALLY, THE 13/18Z NAM SHOWS MEDFORD TO REDDING
PRESSURE GRADIENTS AROUND 10 MB, WHICH WOULD BE PLENTY FOR A HIGH
WIND WARNING IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND MIGHT EVEN PRODUCE WIND
ADVISORY TYPE WINDS THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. THE EXISTING HIGH WIND
WATCHES FOR SATURDAY ALONG THE COAST AND EAST SIDE WERE EXPANDED,
AND NEW HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CASCADES AND THE
SHASTA VALLEY. -WRIGHT
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE PARADE OF PACIFIC STORMS
CONTINUES RIGHT ON INTO THE EXTENDED AS WELL. THERE ARE MINOR
DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS, BUT THE CONSENSUS IS THAT NEXT WEEK WILL
STAY RATHER WET WITH LOWER SNOW LEVELS, SO WE WILL GO FROM
RELATIVELY WARM RAINS WITH FLOODING CONCERNS TO WINTER WEATHER
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK. WITH LOWER SNOW LEVELS, WE CAN EXPECT LOWER
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN GENERAL, BUT WITH POST FRONTAL
PRECIPITATION CONTINUING MONDAY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER STORM TUESDAY
AND YET ANOTHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, WE STAND TO LAY DOWN
SOME MUCH NEEDED SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL DIP TO
AROUND 5000 FEET BY TUESDAY AND THEN FALL TO AROUND 2500 FEET
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL LOSE OUR SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE CONNECTION, THE STORMS REMAIN JUICY ENOUGH THAT WE WILL
PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT MODERATE IMPACTS FROM SNOW IN THE PASSES
(POSSIBLY EVEN THE LOWER ONES) BY MID WEEK. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 13/18 TAF CYCLE.
VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE ROGUE AND ILLINOIS VALLEY WHERE FOG AND STRATUS REMAIN TRAPPED
PRODUCING LOCAL IFR CIGS AND VIS. A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH
THIS EVENING AND MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS AND VIS IN MODERATE RAIN WITH LOCAL IFR
CONDITIONS IN HEAVIER RAIN. AS RAIN COMMENCES EARLY THIS EVENING IN
THE ROGUE AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS, CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS RAIN
SCOURS OUT ANY REMAINING FOG. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE MOUNTAIN WAVE TURBULENCE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
WHICH WILL MAKE CREATE A BUMPY RIDE IN TO ALL TERMINALS, BUT
ESPECIALLY EAST SIDE INCLUDING KLMT. WINDS ALOFT PEAK FRIDAY MORNING
AT WHICH POINT A PERIOD OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS POSSIBLE AT KMFR
AND KRBG. THIS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR THE 14/00Z TAFS. MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATIONS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND BE TOTAL TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. -WRIGHT
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING. BUT, THIS BREAK
WILL BE VERY SHORT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GALES DEVELOPING NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO WHILE
WEST SWELL DOMINATED SEAS WILL TRANSITION BACK TO BEING HAZARDOUS
AND SOUTHERLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED. THIS RAINY PATTERN WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS...AND ALSO PERIODS
OF STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY, LATE SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ030-031.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR ORZ030-031.
STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ORZ021.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ORZ021>028.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR ORZ021-022-024.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR ORZ027-028.
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR CAZ085.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR CAZ085.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR CAZ080.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR CAZ081.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CAZ081.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ356.
- STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
- HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-376.
- GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-376.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR PZZ356.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST
FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-370-376.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY FOR
PZZ350.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY FOR PZZ310.
- HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR PZZ370.
- GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ370.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR PZZ370-376.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST
FRIDAY FOR PZZ370-376.
BTL/TRW/TRWIn the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 13, 10:52 AM PST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1052 AM PST THU FEB 13 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1044 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW BROOKINGS 42.12N 124.34W
02/13/2014 M1.70 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
9:30 AM TO 9:30 AM HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24
HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION NEAR CAPE FERRELO
1031 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW BROOKINGS 42.08N 124.32W
02/13/2014 M3.55 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24
HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 1 MILE SOUTH OF
RAINBOW ROCK VIEW
1026 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW BROOKINGS 42.12N 124.32W
02/13/2014 M4.43 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
8AM-8AM HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
OBSERVER LOCATION 5 MI N OF BROOKINGS NEAR
CAPE FERRELO
1034 AM HEAVY RAIN BROOKINGS 42.06N 124.29W
02/13/2014 M3.00 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
7AM TO 7AM HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
OBSERVER LOCATION .5 MILES DUE NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN
0816 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 WSW KLAMATH FALLS 42.19N 121.84W
02/13/2014 M1.07 INCH KLAMATH OR TRAINED SPOTTER
ENDING AT 0800 PST. HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24
HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 6 MILES WEST OF
KLAMATH FALLS
0831 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE BROOKINGS 42.06N 124.28W
02/13/2014 M4.79 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
ENDING AT 1200 AM PST HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24
HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION IN TOWN NEAR SCHOOL
COMPLEX
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 13, 3:32 PM PST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
332 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM FLOOD 2 NNW SITKUM 43.18N 123.87W
02/12/2014 COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER COVERED
THEIR PASTURELAND EARLIER IN THE DAY DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THEY HAD TO MOVE SOME OF
THEIR ANIMALS TO HIGHER GROUND. WATER LEVELS
HAD SINCE RECEDED.
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:01 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 39 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:22 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:22 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 14, 9:07 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 12 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:07 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 4 days |
| Feb 14, 9:07 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 64 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:18 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:54 AM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 35 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:33 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:33 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:20 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | MFR | Jackson | 16 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 13 hr |
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