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Gale Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR

April 15, 2015

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Apr 15, 2015, 2:37 AM PDT. It took effect at Apr 15, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 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: Apr 15, 2015, 2:37 AM PDT (09:37 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2015, 11:00 PM PDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

514 
WHUS76 KMFR 150937
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
237 AM PDT WED APR 15 2015

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0016.150415T2100Z-150417T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0013.150415T2100Z-150416T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
237 AM PDT WED APR 15 2015

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS HAS UPGRADED THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH TO A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A GALE
WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO
  PRODUCE SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM
  SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS
  ELSEWHERE. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER
  NEARLY ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0177.150415T1800Z-150418T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0013.150415T2100Z-150416T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0016.150415T2100Z-150417T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
237 AM PDT WED APR 15 2015

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO
  PRODUCE SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH
  OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS IN ALL OTHER
  AREAS EXCEPT SHELTERED WATERS SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD AND SOUTH OF
  BROOKINGS. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS
  ELSEWHERE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.150415T2100Z-150418T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
237 AM PDT WED APR 15 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO
  PRODUCE SEAS OF 9 TO 10 FEET...INCREASING TO 11 TO 13 FEET THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM
  FROM SHORE.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

1 follow-up statement

538 
WHUS76 KMFR 152153
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
253 PM PDT WED APR 15 2015

PZZ370-161100-
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/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0177.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 PM PDT WED APR 15 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO
  PRODUCE SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET...INCREASING TO 10 TO 11 FEET
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM
  FROM SHORE. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE
  ARAGO.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-376-161100-
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150416T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0177.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
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-
253 PM PDT WED APR 15 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO
  PRODUCE SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 
  SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS IN ALL 
  OTHER AREAS EXCEPT SHELTERED WATERS SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD AND 
  SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT 
  ALL AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 
  SEAS ELSEWHERE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-161100-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0177.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
253 PM PDT WED APR 15 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE TO 
  PRODUCE SEAS OF 9 TO 10 FEET...INCREASING TO 11 TO 13 FEET 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL 
  AREAS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM 
  FROM SHORE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 2:37 AM PDT	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		4 days
Apr 15, 12:58 PM PDT	Freeze Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	118 min
Apr 15, 2:56 PM PDT	Freeze Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	18 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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