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Gale Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR

February 7, 2015

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 7, 2015, 3:59 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 8, 2015, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 33 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
Feb 7, 2015, 3:59 PM PST (23:59 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2015, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 9, 2015, 7:00 PM PST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

949 
WHUS76 KMFR 072359
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
359 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY
MORNING...

.STEEP SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO
SUNDAY BUT WINDS SHOULD EASE SOMEWHAT. THEN...A STRONG STORM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT
WIDESPREAD STRONG GALES...WITH GUSTS TO STORM FORCE LATER SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME CHAOTIC WITH A
DANGEROUS MIX OF VERY STEEP WIND WAVES AND SOUTHWEST SWELL.

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
359 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THE GALE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT SUNDAY NIGHT
  INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP AT 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING VERY
  STEEP AND INCREASING TO 17 TO 21 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
  SEAS WILL EASE SOMEWHAT, BUT LIKELY REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS
  THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE
  BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY
  STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GALE AND
  STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS LATER SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
359 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 PM
PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. IN
ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT SUNDAY NIGHT
  INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP AT 12 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING VERY
  STEEP AND INCREASING TO 17 TO 21 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
  SEAS WILL EASE SOMEWHAT MONDAY EVENING, BUT LIKELY REMAIN VERY
  HAZARDOUS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. ALL AREAS
  WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING. GALE AND STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL
  AREAS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
359 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 PM
PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. IN
ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT SUNDAY NIGHT
  INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP AT 12 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING VERY
  STEEP AND INCREASING TO 18 TO 22 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
  SEAS WILL EASE MONDAY NIGHT, BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN VERY
  HAZARDOUS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL OF THE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GALE AND STORM
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$

SPILDE 

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
5 follow-up statements
904 
WHUS76 KMFR 080032 AAA
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
432 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY
MORNING...

.STEEP SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO
SUNDAY BUT WINDS SHOULD EASE SOMEWHAT. THEN...A STRONG STORM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT
WIDESPREAD STRONG GALES...WITH GUSTS TO STORM FORCE LATER SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME CHAOTIC WITH A
DANGEROUS MIX OF VERY STEEP WIND WAVES AND SOUTHWEST SWELL.

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
432 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

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

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

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING...EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
  LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THEN...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT...WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT SUNDAY NIGHT
  INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP AT 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING VERY
  STEEP AND INCREASING TO 17 TO 21 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
  SEAS WILL EASE SOMEWHAT...BUT LIKELY REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS
  THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE
  BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY
  STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. GALE AND STORM
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
432 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO
10 PM PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO
10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
  LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55
  KT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE
  MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: STEEP AT 12 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING 
  VERY STEEP AND INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO 
  MONDAY. SEAS WILL EASE SOMEWHAT MONDAY EVENING... BUT LIKELY 
  REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS FOR ALL AREAS THIS
  EVENING WILL EASE LATER TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS CAN
  BE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GALE AND STORM
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$

SPILDE 

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
768 
WHUS76 KMFR 081038
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
238 AM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD STRONG GALES...WITH GUSTS TO
STORM FORCE LATER SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL
BECOME CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUS MIX OF VERY STEEP WIND WAVES AND
SOUTHWEST SWELL.

PZZ350-356-082345-
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/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
238 AM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

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

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

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 40
  TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET AT 12 SECONDS THIS MORNING...WITH WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 21 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS
  BETWEEN BROOKINGS AND CAPE ARAGO...WITH STRONG GALES EXPECTED IN
  ALL OTHER AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ370-376-082345-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150208T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.150208T1800Z-150210T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.150208T1800Z-150209T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
238 AM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

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

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 40
  TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET AT 12 SECONDS THIS MORNING...WITH WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 21 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OUT TO 40 NM FROM
  SHORE BETWEEN POINT SAINT GEORGE AND THE UMPQUA RIVER...WITH
  STRONG GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
294 
WHUS76 KMFR 082321
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
321 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL
DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH
MONDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD STRONG GALES...WITH GUSTS TO STORM FORCE
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME CHAOTIC
WITH A DANGEROUS MIX OF VERY STEEP WIND WAVES AND SOUTHWEST SWELL.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

PZZ350-091230-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150209T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0009.150208T2321Z-150209T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.150208T2321Z-150209T2300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.150208T2321Z-150210T1100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
321 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST
TUESDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM PST MONDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 40
  TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING. LESSER WINDS NORTH OF BANDON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
  EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 10 TO 15 FEET BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FEET
  LATE TONIGHT. SEAS LOWER TO AROUND 16 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. THROUGH LATE EVENING...A TREND OF GALES
  INCREASING TO STORM FORCE WINDS IS EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS
  BETWEEN CAPE BLANCO AND BANDON...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS
  NORTH OF BANDON INCREASING TO GALES.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ356-091230-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150209T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.150208T2321Z-150209T2300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.150208T2321Z-150210T1100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
321 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY. A
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 35
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 KT LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 12 TO 16 FEET BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FEET
  LATE TONIGHT. SEAS LOWER TO 14 TO 16 FEET LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON
  BUT REMAINING STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND 
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS 
  BETWEEN BROOKINGS AND CAPE ARAGO...WITH STRONG GALES EXPECTED 
  IN ALL OTHER AREAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-091230-
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0009.150208T2321Z-150209T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150209T2300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150210T1100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
321 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST
TUESDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM PST MONDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 25 TO 35 KT THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 30
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 12 TO 17 FEET INCREASING TO AROUND 20
  FEET LATE TONIGHT. SEAS LOWER TO AROUND 16 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON
  BUT WILL REMAIN STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OUT TO 40 NM FROM
  SHORE BETWEEN CAPE BLANCO AND THE UMPQUA RIVER...WITH STRONG
  GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

PZZ376-091230-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150209T2300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150210T1100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
321 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY. A
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO
  AROUND 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS NEAR 17 FEET BUILDING TO NEAR 20 FEET
  LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SEAS LOWER TO 14 TO 16 FEET MONDAY
  AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY
  EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OUT TO 40 NM FROM
  SHORE BETWEEN POINT SAINT GEORGE AND CAPE BLANCO...WITH STRONG
  GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

STAVISH
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
541 
WHUS76 KMFR 091034
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
234 AM PST MON FEB 9 2015

PZZ356-376-092345-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150210T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150210T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150209T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0010.150209T1800Z-150210T0300Z/
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-
234 AM PST MON FEB 9 2015

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

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

* WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH THIS
  MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 16 TO 20 FEET THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING TO 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS BY TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD
  BEACH...WITH GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-092345-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150210T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150210T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150210T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0010.150210T0000Z-150210T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
234 AM PST MON FEB 9 2015

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

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

* WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO
  40 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THROUGH THE
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 17 TO 20 FEET THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON...LOWERING TO 11 TO 14 FEET AT 11 SECONDS BY TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OUT TO 40 NM FROM
  SHORE...WITH GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
048 
WHUS76 KMFR 092247
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
247 PM PST MON FEB 9 2015

PZZ350-370-101200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150210T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150210T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150210T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0010.150210T0000Z-150210T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
247 PM PST MON FEB 9 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST TUESDAY...

A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
  KT EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT
  INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 17 TO 20 FEET...LOWERING TO 12 TO 15
  FEET AT 11 SECONDS BY THE END OF THE EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  HIGH AND VERY STEEP INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS AND THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL
  LINGER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE AREA 40 NM FROM SHORE AND NORTH OF
  CAPE ARAGO...WITH GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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

&&

$$

PZZ356-376-101200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150210T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150210T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150210T0300Z/
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-
247 PM PST MON FEB 9 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT DURING THE
  REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THROUGH
  THE EVENING INTO TUESDAY.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 14 TO 17 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...SUBSIDING
  TO 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS BY THE END OF THIS EVENING. SEAS
  WILL REMAIN HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
  THE WATERS. GALES WILL LINGER NORTH OF GOLD BEACH DURING THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.

&&

$$
DW

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 Feb 7, 2:59 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:59 PM PST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
259 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

.SHORT TERM...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA
THIS EVENING AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCE ROTATES INTO THE AREA.
SNOW LEVEL IS AROUND 5500-6000 FEET SO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE
GETTING MODERATE AMOUNT OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUIDANCE
BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TO THE COAST AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING
BEFORE EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST QUICKLY. A DEEPER LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO APPROACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST SUNDAY. EXPECT
SOUTH WINDS TO INCREASE AGAIN FROM MID DAY SUNDAY. THE SHASTA
VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO SEE GUSTY WINDS FIRST WITH SE WINDS
INCREASING AROUND NOON. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATION EAST OF THE CASCADES BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED
THE KLAMATH BASIN IN THIS HIGH WIND WATCH AS WINDS SEEM TO HAVE
CHANNELED INTO KLAMATH FALLS STRONGER THAN MODEL INDICATED DURING
THE LAST STORM. EXPECT BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE
ROGUE VALLEY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF MEDFORD. AS THE LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES THE COAST SUNDAY NIGHT..COASTAL WATERS COULD SEE STORM
FORCE WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALSO LEAD TO COASTAL JET ALONG
SOUTHERN COOS AND CURRY COUNTY COAST. AREAS FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH
COULD SEE VERY STRONG WINDS FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY. COOS BAY AND NORTH BEND MAY BE SHIELDED FROM THE COASTAL
JET AND GUIDANCE INDICATES WIND AT KOTH WILL ONLY BE IN THE 20 KT
RANGE. HOWEVER AN AREA OF CONCERN IS PORT ORFORD WHERE STRONG
SOUTH WINDS COULD DRIVE A SIGNIFICANT WAVE INTO THE HARBOR. FB

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ECMWF AND GFS HAVE
NEARLY IDENTICAL SOLUTIONS WITH A RIDGE OVER THE PAC NW
WEDNESDAY....WITH THE GFS NOW BEING SLIGHTLY FASTER BRINGING THE
NEXT FRONT INTO THE COAST WEDNESDAY EVENING. BOTH THE ECMWF AND THE
GFS HAVE A WARM FRONT BRUSHING ON OUR NORTHERN COAST INTO THURSDAY
BEFORE MOVING NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FROM FRIDAY ONWARD THE ECMWF
AND GFS DRIFT FROM EACH OTHER WITH THE ECMWF FLATTENING THE RIDGE
AND BRUSHING A WEAK FRONT ON OUR NORTHERN COAST. CONFIDENCE IS VERY
LOW WITH THIS. SVEN

&&

.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 07/18Z TAF CYCLE...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A MIX OF VFR/MVFR CIGS AND ISOLATED (MAINLY COASTAL) IFR CIGS
WITH WIDESPREAD TERRAIN OBSCURATION IN -RA/RA. AS THE SERIES OF
STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL DISTURBANCES
WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING...THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.

SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
BE STRONG INTO MONDAY...GENERALLY 35-60 KT AT 5,000 FT MSL TO 10,000
FT MSL...SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SOME TURBULENCE ON
APPROACHES AND DEPARTURES. SVEN

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 100 PM PST SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015...A STRONG
FRONT WILL PERSIST ALONG THE COAST TODAY WITH GALE FORCE SOUTH WINDS
AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS. AFTER A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN
CONDITIONS EARLY SUNDAY...A STRONGER STORM IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY WITH STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SEAS. SEAS
WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO MONDAY NIGHT THEN CONDITIONS
IMPROVE INTO WEDNESDAY. SVEN

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
     ORZ021-022-615-618-619.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR ORZ029>031-624-625.

CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
     FOR CAZ081-281.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
     EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR
     PZZ370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 2 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356.

FJB/SBN/SBN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 9:59 AM PST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
959 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0958 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW ROSEBURG          43.21N 123.39W
02/07/2015  M1.98 INCH       DOUGLAS            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24-HOUR PREICP TOTAL HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24
            HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION ROSEBURG.

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 ENE COQUILLE          43.18N 124.17W
02/07/2015  M4.80 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5-DAY PRECIP TOTAL HEAVY RAIN DURATION 120
            HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 2 MILES EAST OF
            COQUILLE.

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 ENE COQUILLE          43.18N 124.17W
02/07/2015  M3.40 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3-DAY TOTAL HEAVY RAIN DURATION 72 HOURS.
            OBSERVER LOCATION 2 MILES EAST OF COQUILLE.

&&

NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEM
Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:27 PM PST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
227 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NNE LANGLOIS          42.94N 124.45W
02/07/2015  M2.38 INCH       CURRY              OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER
            LOCATION 0.5 N OF LANGLOIS.

1200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GLENDALE                42.74N 123.43W
02/07/2015  M4.04 INCH       DOUGLAS            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS.

&&

NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEM
Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:26 PM PST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
326 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 9 SSE SUMMER LAKE       42.86N 120.69W
02/07/2015  M58 MPH          LAKE               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS INCREASING NOW 40-50 MPH.

&&

CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 8:14 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningMFRJackson, Josephine15 hr
Feb 7, 1:20 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake24 hr
Feb 7, 1:20 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake13 hr
Feb 7, 3:27 AM PSTHazardous Seas WatchMFR13 hr
Feb 7, 11:42 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Josephine60 hr
Feb 7, 3:59 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR58 hr
Feb 7, 3:59 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFR9 hr
Feb 7, 3:59 PM PSTStorm WarningMFR48 hr
Feb 7, 3:59 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR23 hr
Feb 6, 9:01 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningMFRSiskiyou32 hr
Feb 7, 8:30 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningMFRSiskiyou21 hr

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Sources

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