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Hazardous Seas Warning 64, NWS Medford, OR

December 9, 2015

NWS Medford, OR issued this hazardous seas warning at Dec 9, 2015, 5:01 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 9, 2015, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2015, 5:01 AM PST (13:01 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2015, 7:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 14, 2015, 10:00 PM PST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hazardous seas 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 hazardous seas warning went out at Dec 9, 4:21 AM PST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 4:21 AM PST, 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 1:10 AM PST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 1:15 AM PST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 1:16 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
116 AM PST WED DEC 9 2015

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

1230 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SSE COOS BAY          43.36N 124.22W
12/09/2015  M1.52 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAINFALL STILL OCCURRING. WATER IS
            PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND GOING OVER
            SIDEWALKS, BUT NOT ENTERING HOMES. OBSERVER
            LOCATION SOUTH OF COOS BAY.

&&

BS

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:00 AM PST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
500 AM PST WED DEC 9 2015

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

0500 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GOLD BEACH              42.41N 124.42W
12/09/2015  M2.27 INCH       CURRY              OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL ENDING AT 5:00 AM. RAIN
            STILL FALLING. OBSERVER LOCATION 4 MI UP
            ROGUE RIVER S SIDE.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 1:06 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry	6 hr
Dec 9, 3:51 AM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	34 hr
Dec 9, 3:51 AM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	34 hr
Dec 9, 5:01 AM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		33 hr
Dec 9, 5:01 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		5 hr
Dec 9, 5:01 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		14 hr
Dec 9, 5:31 AM PST	High Surf Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	68 hr
Dec 9, 12:02 PM PST	Flash Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Douglas	22 hr
Dec 9, 2:11 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	32 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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