Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 17, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at May 1, 2015, 2:59 PM PDT. It was in force for 35 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
- May 1, 2015, 2:59 PM PDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2015, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
421 WHUS76 KMFR 012159 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO, MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS OVER MOST THE WATERS THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. PZZ356-021100- /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0017.150501T2159Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. GALES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET DOMINATED BY A 7 TO 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET, DOMINATED BY A 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH...WITH STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET, DOMINATED BY A 7 TO 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. INITIALLY, VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS NEAR CAPE BLANCO THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, IMPACTING ALL THE WATERS BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE, WITH STEEP ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS 9 TO 10 FEET, DOMINATED BY 7 TO 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. INITIALLY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH, THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY AND IMPACT ALL THE AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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810 WHUS76 KMFR 020902 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 PZZ356-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150505T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET. SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES AND HEADLANDS. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL AREAS. GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150505T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR HEADLANDS AND CAPES. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 4 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS AS WELL AS STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
649 WHUS76 KMFR 022156 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 PZZ356-031100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150504T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT...EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET...LOWERING SLIGHTLY TO 7 TO 10 FT SUNDAY. SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE... WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-031100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0192.150503T1200Z-150504T1500Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 10 FT SEAS ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS FROM 8 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD WITH STEEP ADVISORY LEVEL SEAS ELSEWHERE. GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS BETWEEN 8 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ350-031100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT..EASING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET...LOWERING TO STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE WATERS NEAR CAPE BLANCO ON SUNDAY. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. THEN ON SUNDAY SMALL CRAFT SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS SOUTH OF BANDON. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-031100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.150503T1200Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT..EASING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...GRADUALLY LOWERING SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM COOS BAY SOUTH ON SUNDAY. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER SUNDAY MORNING WITH A MIX OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM COOS BAY SOUTHWARD...BECOMING STEEP ADVISORY LEVEL SEAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
261 WHUS76 KMFR 030928 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 PZZ356-032230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150504T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE GALE WARNING IS ALSO NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS OF 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET FOR MOST AREAS...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FEET WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN CAPE BLANCO AND THE MOUTH OF THE SMITH RIVER. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL BUT THE MOST SHELTERED WATERS. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-032230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.150503T0928Z-150504T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 20 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-032230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150504T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ PZZ376-032230- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150504T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0192.150503T0928Z-150504T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FT. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL WATERS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at May 1, 2:54 PM PDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:54 PM PDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
254 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015
.SHORT TERM...THE RIDGE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THIS WEEKEND WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY LOWERING. HOWEVER HIGHS IN THE ROGUE VALLEY
WILL STILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN SEASONAL NORMS. ONSHORE
FLOW WILL BRING COOLER AIR TO THE COASTAL ZONES BUT TEMPERATURES
THERE WILL STILL REMAIN QUITE WARM. IT'S NOT UNTIL AROUND MONDAY
BEFORE WE EXPECT LOW CLOUDS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD.
THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND REMAINS ON TRACK WITH INCREASING
INSTABILITY FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES AND PART OF LAKE
COUNTY. MODELS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT ABOUT WEAK INSTABILITY ALONG
THE LINE FROM MT SHASTA NE INTO SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. GIVEN
LIMITED MOISTURE THE LIKELY SCENARIO IS WIDESPREAD CUMULUS
COVERAGE SOME OF WHICH MAY GENERATE A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO BUT
THE SYSTEM WILL NOT BE ORGANIZED BUT MORE ISOLATED BY NATURE. /FB
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY TO FRIDAY)...EXPECT PATTERN CHANGING BACK
TOWARD COOLER AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS AS A LOW PRESSURE AND TROUGH
SLIDES SOUTH INTO OUR AREA. TIMING BETWEEN THE TWO MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE GFS SHOWING A DEEPER
TROUGH AND SLOWER EXIT TIMEFRAME. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE TO HIGH
THAT AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF
OUR FORECAST AREA ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL AGAIN BE ON THE LIGHT
SIDE. THE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BE UNSTABLE DUE TO COLD AIR
ALOFT AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THOUGH THAT HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH WITH THESE STORMS. DUE
TO TIMING ISSUES, WE HAVE DECIDED TO HANG ON TO CLOUDY CONDITIONS
AND HIGHER POPS FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. /FB
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 01/18Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME SMOKE AND HAZE
FROM BOTH PRESCRIBED FIRES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND FROM FIRES THAT
BURNED ASIA. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT
WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 35 KT ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO. A MARINE PUSH IS EXPECTED TO
RESULT IN MVFR AND IFR CIGS ALONG WITH TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS LATE
THIS EVENING IN COASTAL COOS AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, SPREADING INLAND
INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN OVERNIGHT. THIS MARINE LAYER WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MID-LATE MORNING SATURDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. BTL
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 230 PM PDT FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015... HIGH PRESSURE
OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE
GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO...ESPECIALLY
BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE...WHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL GRADUALLY EASE FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A COLD FRONT COULD
BRING SHOWERS AND BUILDING SWELL ON TUESDAY. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO BRING A RETURN OF SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT, AND INCREASING
NORTHERLY WINDS WEDNESDAY. BTL/CC
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR PZZ350-356.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
FJB/BTL/BTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:34 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 48 hr |
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