Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 15, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Apr 20, 2015, 2:30 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 34 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 20, 2015, 2:30 PM PDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2015, 3:06 AM PDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797 WHUS76 KMFR 202130 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT MON APR 20 2015 PZZ370-211030- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150421T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0186.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PDT MON APR 20 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STEEP SEAS WILL BE A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BE THE ROUGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ PZZ376-211030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0010.150421T2100Z-150422T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0017.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0015.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0013.150421T2100Z-150422T1500Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PDT MON APR 20 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE VERY STEEP SEAS WILL BE A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BE THE ROUGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE ZONE. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR EVERYWHERE BUT THE FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH BETWEEN 10 NM AND 40 NM OFFSHORE. * 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. 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. && $$ PZZ356-211030- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0015.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0017.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 230 PM PDT MON APR 20 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL BE A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BE THE ROUGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: HAZARDOUS SEAS AND GALE FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 8 NM OFFSHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM OFFSHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR THE CAPES. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH BEYOND 8 NM OFFSHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ PZZ350-211030- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.150421T2100Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 230 PM PDT MON APR 20 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STEEP SEAS WILL BE A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WIND WAVES AND WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BE THE ROUGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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804 WHUS76 KMFR 211044 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 344 AM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS... .NORTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BUILD TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...GREATEST FROM CAPE BLANCO SOUTHWARD. PZZ356-220000- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.150421T1800Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0187.150421T1800Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0015.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0017.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 344 AM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO NORTH 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KNOTS IN THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: NORTH WEST SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED WITH TIME. SEAS WILL BECOME A VERY STEEP NORTH 11 TO 13 FEET IN THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-220000- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.150421T1200Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0015.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0017.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 344 AM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE AND THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO NORTH 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 KNOTS IN THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: NORTHWEST SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED WITH TIME. SEAS WILL BECOME A VERY STEEP NORTH 11 TO 14 FEET IN THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-220000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.150421T1800Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0186.150421T1800Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 344 AM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL SUBSIDE SOME TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE WIND WAVE DOMINATED WITH TIME. SEAS WILL BE THE ROUGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ PZZ350-220000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.150421T1800Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.150421T1800Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 344 AM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL SUBSIDE SOME TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE WIND WAVE DOMINATED WITH TIME. SEAS WILL BE THE ROUGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
233 WHUS76 KMFR 212140 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 PZZ356-221045- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0187.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0015.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 240 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING BOTH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS BOTH ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * SEAS: MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 FEET...BUT VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-221045- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0015.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.150422T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 240 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING BOTH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS BOTH ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT TO GALES 40 KT. PEAK GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHWEST 9 TO 11 FEET...BUT VERY STEEP 11 TO 14 FEET FROM ABOUT PORT ORFORD SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-221045- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0186.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 240 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE SOME LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ PZZ350-221045- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 240 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE SOME LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
587 WHUS76 KMFR 220939 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 239 AM PDT WED APR 22 2015 PZZ356-222245- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0187.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 239 AM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KNOTS WEDNESDAY EVENING BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * SEAS: MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 FEET...BUT VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-222245- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 239 AM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT TO GALES 40 KT. PEAK GUSTS TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHWEST 9 TO 11 FEET...BUT VERY STEEP 11 TO 14 FEET FROM ABOUT PORT ORFORD SOUTHWARD WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-222245- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0186.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 239 AM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ PZZ350-222245- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 239 AM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 10 FEET. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
870 WHUS76 KMFR 222153 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PDT WED APR 22 2015 PZZ356-231000- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0187.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 253 PM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KNOTS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. WINDS WILL EASE LATER TONIGHT. * SEAS: MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 FEET...BUT VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-231100- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1500Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 253 PM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT TO GALES 40 KT WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SEAS: MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHWEST 9 TO 11 FEET...BUT VERY STEEP 11 TO 14 FEET FROM ABOUT PORT ORFORD SOUTHWARD. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-231000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0186.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 253 PM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ PZZ350-231000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 253 PM PDT WED APR 22 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 10 FEET. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. * FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
683 WHUS76 KMFR 231006 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 306 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015 PZZ356-231800- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0187.000000T0000Z-150423T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 306 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * SEAS: NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 FEET AT AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS OR LESS THROUGH 5 AM PDT. NORTHWEST AROUND 7 FEET AT AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS OR LESS BETWEEN 5 AM PDT AND 11 AM PDT. * AREAS AFFECTED: WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. AFTER 5 AM PDT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ONLY BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * FOR GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-231800- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0180.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 306 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KNOTS THROUGH 5 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * SEAS: NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 FEET AT AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS OR LESS THROUGH 5 AM PDT. NORTHWEST AROUND 7 FEET AT AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS OR LESS BETWEEN 5 AM PDT AND 11 AM PDT. * AREAS AFFECTED: WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. ADVISORY LEVEL SEA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * FOR GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE 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. 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. && $$ PZZ370-231200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0186.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 306 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP NORTHWEST SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET AT AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS OR LESS. * AREAS AFFECTED: NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. THE MOST HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION THE AREA NEAR CAPE BLANCO. * FOR GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE 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. && $$ PZZ350-231200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0179.000000T0000Z-150423T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0185.000000T0000Z-150423T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 306 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP NORTHWEST SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET AT AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS OR LESS. * AREAS AFFECTED: NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. THE MOST HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION THE AREA NEAR CAPE BLANCO. * FOR GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF LOCATION AND TIMING...PLEASE VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Apr 20, 2:09 PM PDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:09 PM PDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
209 PM PDT MON APR 20 2015
.DISCUSSION...SKIES REMAIN CLEAR OVER MOST OF THE AREA INTO THIS
EVENING, EXCEPT FOR MARINE STRATUS ALONG THE COAST AND MARINE
WATERS. IT'S POSSIBLE THE STRATUS WILL PEEL BACK AWAY FROM THE COAST
FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING ONLY TO RETURN TONIGHT. ALSO WE COULD
SEE SOME CUMULUS BUILD UPS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN SOUTHERN
SISKIYOU COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE RIDGE AND THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTS EAST ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER
TROUGH NEAR 140W WILL MOVE EAST. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WILL
REACH THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING, THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE DAY.
THE FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A BIG RAIN PRODUCER, BUT IT WILL
BRING SIGNIFICANT COOLING (AT LEAST RELATIVE TO WHAT WE EXPERIENCED
THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS) WEST OF THE CASCADES. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO
SHOW SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN CAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
EVENING. IT'S IN THESE AREAS WHERE THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR THE
CAP TO BREAK. ALSO THE NAM AND GFS SHOW A SHORTWAVE PASSING BY LAKE
AND KLAMATH COUNTY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOWS A
BULLS EYE AREA OF HIGHER QPF AND MID LEVEL LAPES RATES NEAR 8 C/KG,
THUS RAISING THE POSSIBLY THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
MODERATE. MEANWHILE THE CAP SHOULD BE STRONGER AND THIS COMBINED
WITH THE INFLUX OF MARINE AIR, SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT ANY
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WEST OF THE CASCADES.
THE GREATEST INSTABILITY SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE WITH MOST CONFINED TO THE EASTSIDE.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EAST OVER THE AREA AND AT THE SAME
TIME SPLIT. THE MODELS HAVE TRENDED DRIER ON WEDNESDAY AND THUS HAVE
REDUCED POPS, BUT STILL KEPT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR EAST OF THE
CASCADES. ALSO IT'S NOT LOOKING AS UNSTABLE, SO HAVE TAKEN OUT THE
MENTION OF THUNDER.
WEAK RIDGING BUILDS SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT THAT
WILL BE SHORT LIVED WITH A WESTERLY FLOW AND WEAK TROUGHING
RETURNING ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL BRING SOME SHOWERS
FOR THE NORTH COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEN THE FRONT WILL MOVE
INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MAINLY
NORTH OF THE UMPQUA DIVIDE. -PETRUCELLI
.LONG TERM DISCUSSION...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...DETAILS ABOUT THE
EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST ARE BECOMING CLEARER AS MODELS HAVE
EXHIBITED CLEAR TRENDS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. FIRST...THERE IS
INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT FRIDAY WILL FEATURE AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS
MOVING THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...THOUGH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW AMOUNTS
SHOULD BE LIGHT. MODELS SUGGEST SOME ENHANCED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE
IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES...AND
GIVEN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THIS IDEA...HAVE BUMPED UP POPS THERE.
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD FEATURE SHORTWAVE RIDGING
AND DRY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE TROUGH...FOLLOWED BY WARM FRONTAL
PRECIPITATION THAT LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE IT WILL AFFECT THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AND LEAVE THE OTHER HALF DRY. SIGNIFICANT
UPPER TROUGHING THAT'S BEEN HANGING OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC
FINALLY REACHES THE FORECAST AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT RAIN POTENTIALLY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THAT SAID...THERE IS HIGH UNCERTAINTY AS TO
WHEN THIS TROUGHING REACHES THE AREA. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE OUT OF
PHASE...WITH SOME KEEPING THE TROUGH AXIS WELL OUT TO SEA...AND THUS
DELAYING ANY SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION.
IN SHORT...THE EXTENDED FORECAST HAS EVOLVED FROM ONE THAT WAS
SUGGESTING A WET AND COOL LATE PART OF THE WEEKEND TO ONE THAT IS
WARMER AND DRIER FOR AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST
AREA. /SK
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 20/18Z TAF CYCLE...IFR CONDITIONS IN STRATUS ARE
STILL COVERING THE COASTLINE...AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF BREAK TO VFR THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS POTENTIAL
FOR CEILINGS TO LIFT TO MVFR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A TROUGH
MOVES CLOSER AND DEEPENS THE MARINE LAYER. HOWEVER...WE HAVE SIDED
WITH GUIDANCE AND WILL BRING CEILINGS BACK DOWN TO VLIFR AT THE
COAST TONIGHT...LIFTING TO MVFR TOMORROW. IN THE UMPQUA BASIN...MVFR
CEILINGS SHOULD FORM LATE TONIGHT DUE TO A MARINE PUSH OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TOMORROW...WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
CASCADES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. /SK
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 200 PM PDT MONDAY APR 20 2015...A THERMAL TROUGH
NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT
WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP CHOPPY SEAS THAT WILL BE HIGHEST IN
THE OUTER WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO. NEAR SHORE FOG WILL DIMINISH
THIS AFTERNOON BUT THICKEN AGAIN TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL
INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL
MOVE ONSHORE TUESDAY EVENING WITH SEAS BUILDING TO A PEAK WEDNESDAY
AND REMAINING HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL
BRIEFLY IMPROVE THURSDAY AS OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE AND THE THERMAL
TROUGH RETURN...THEN A SERIES OF WEAK SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. -JRS
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR
PZZ356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY
FOR PZZ356-376.
GALE WARNING FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR
PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY
FOR PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY FOR PZZ350-370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5
AM PDT THURSDAY FOR PZZ350-370.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:04 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 6 hr | |
| Apr 20, 8:04 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 6 hr | |
| Apr 20, 8:04 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 67 hr | |
| Apr 20, 2:30 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 63 hr | |
| Apr 20, 2:30 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 63 hr |
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