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Storm Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm watch at Feb 6, 2015, 3:05 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 8, 2015, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2015, 3:05 PM PST (23:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2015, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2015, 3:59 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
494 WHUS76 KMFR 062305 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 305 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... ...STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THE NEXT STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH GALE FORCE SOUTH WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS. ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER STORM IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SEAS. PZZ376-071215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150208T1800Z-150209T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 305 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS BOTH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDOUS SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING BUT BUILDING TO 15 TO 18 FEET LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT WILL RISE BACK TO 20 TO 23 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS SUNDAY. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ350-356-370-071215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150209T0000Z-150209T1200Z/ 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- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 305 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS BOTH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDOUS SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING BUT BUILDING TO 15 TO 18 FEET LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, BUT WILL RISE BACK TO 20 TO 23 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS SUNDAY. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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248 WHUS76 KMFR 071127 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 327 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS INTO THIS EVENING THEN STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE GALE FORCE SOUTH WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS INTO THIS EVENING. A STRONGER STORM IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SEAS. PZZ376-080030- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0005.150208T2100Z-150210T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150208T2100Z-150209T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SUNDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT EARLY THIS MORNING THEN GALES PERSIST AT 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT INTO THIS EVENING. A STRONGER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HAZARDOUS SEAS: BUILDING TO 16 TO 18 FEET THIS MORNING WITH THE COMBINATION OF SOUTH WIND WAVES AND A SOUTHWEST SWELL AT 12 SECONDS. SEAS WILL THEN REMAIN ABOVE 14 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS BRIEFLY DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND RISE TO A PEAK AT 20 TO 23 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL OF THE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS INTO TONIGHT. STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY FOR ALL OF THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-356-370-080030- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0005.150208T2100Z-150210T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150209T0000Z-150209T2100Z/ 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- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SUNDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT EARLY THIS MORNING THEN GALES PERSIST AT 20 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT INTO THIS EVENING. A STRONGER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HAZARDOUS SEAS: BUILDING TO 16 TO 18 FEET THIS MORNING WITH THE COMBINATION OF SOUTH WIND WAVES AND A SOUTHWEST SWELL AT 12 SECONDS. SEAS WILL THEN REMAIN ABOVE 14 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS BRIEFLY DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND RISE TO A PEAK AT 20 TO 23 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS TODAY WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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. PZZ350-356-081300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0008.150207T2359Z-150208T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0012.150207T2359Z-150208T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0005.150208T2100Z-150210T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.150209T0000Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0004.150209T0000Z-150209T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150209T0000Z-150209T2100Z/ 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. && $$ PZZ370-081300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0008.150207T2359Z-150208T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0012.150207T2359Z-150208T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0005.150208T2100Z-150210T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150209T0000Z-150209T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.150208T1800Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0004.150208T1800Z-150209T1800Z/ 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. && $$ PZZ376-081300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0008.150207T2359Z-150208T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150208T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0012.150207T2359Z-150208T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0005.150208T2100Z-150210T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0002.150209T0600Z-150209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.150208T1800Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0004.150208T1800Z-150209T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.150208T2100Z-150209T1800Z/ 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Feb 6, 9:26 AM PST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:26 AM PST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
926 AM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
.UPDATES...WINDS HAVE DECREASED A BIT BUT THIS IS THE CALM BEFORE
ANOTHER STORM BRINGS GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO
INCREASE AGAIN AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR EARLY THIS EVENING. I HAVE RETAINED THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY AMD
WARNING.
24 HOUR RAINFALL FOR AREAS WEST OF THE CASCADES WERE IN THE 2-3 INCH
RANGE WITH JOSEPHINE COUNTY, WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND THE
SISKIYOU MTNS RECEIVING JUST OVER 5 INCHES. SEVERAL FLOOD WATCHES
HAVE EITHER BEEN UPGRADED TO WARNINGS OR CONVERTED TO ADVISORY. SEE
PDXFLWMFR AND PDXFLSMFR FOR FLOOD CONCERNS. /FB
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 06/12Z TAF CYCLE...WIND SHEAR WILL BE A
CONCERN AT OR NEAR ALL 4 OF THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE DAY AS
SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 50-60 KNOTS AROUND 2000 FEET ABOVE
GROUND WHILE SOME SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS MAINTAIN LIGHT WINDS AT
TIMES. EAST OF THE CASCADES SOME HIGHER LEVEL WINDS OF 50 TO 70
KNOTS WILL LIKELY MIX DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. THIS MAY BRING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO EAST SIDE
TERMINALS. COASTAL LOCATIONS AND SOME WEST SIDE VALLEYS, INCLUDING
KMFR ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY.
STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD TURBULENCE WITH
STRONG MOUNTAIN WAVE TURBULENCE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AND MAY BRING ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF
STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD TURBULENCE.
EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST INTO THIS AFTERNOON
WITH MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS TO THE COAST RANGE AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS MORNING ALONG THE COAST BUT
WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. INLAND...ALSO EXPECT
MODERATE RAINFALL, BUT WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MAINLY FOR WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY, INCLUDING KMHS. THIS WILL BRING AREAS
OF MVFR CIGS TO THE COAST THIS MORNING...SPREADING INTO AREAS FROM
THE CASCADES WEST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
IN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SK/DW
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 400 AM PST FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2015....A SERIES OF
STRONG FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS INTO MONDAY WITH VERY
STEEP AND DANGEROUS SHORT PERIOD SEAS. SOUTH GALE AND STORM FORCE
WINDS AND VERY HIGH SEAS ARE AT A PEAK EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW WINDS
AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THIS EVENING...FIRST TO GALES
THIS MORNING THEN TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS. THE NEXT
FRONT WILL BRING GALES AND BUILDING SEAS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY THEN GALES MAY RETURN SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE A STRONGER
FRONT ARRIVES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY
HIGH SEAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING
IMPROVING CONDITIONS INTO MID-WEEK. /DW
&&
.DISCUSSION...A VERY ENERGETIC PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. A BROAD UPPER LOW IS AFFECTING
MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC AND WE ARE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE MOISTURE AND ENERGY AND WILL REMAIN UNDER THE GUN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
A VERY STRONG JET STREAK (~135 KT AT 400 MB) EMBEDDED WITHIN THE
MAIN FLOW IS APPROACHING THE COAST THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE
ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED MOISTURE PLUME WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER OUR AREA,
ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS FROM THE CASCADE CREST WESTWARD.
GOING PRECIPITATION FORECASTS HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED THIS MORNING,
AND A VARIETY OF FLOOD WATCHES (INCLUDING FOR BURN SCARS IN
CALIFORNIA) REMAIN IN EFFECT.
WINDS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED AS IT HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT WINDIER THIS
MORNING THAN EXPECTED. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A GUST TO 123 MPH AT
SQUAW PEAK, AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN MIXING DOWN INTO THE
VALLEYS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN AIDED BY THE DOWNWARD MOMENTUM
FROM HEAVIER BURSTS OF RAIN. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE IN MEDFORD
ALREADY, AND WINDS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 44 MPH AS A RESULT. THE
COAST, PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY, AND THE EAST SIDE HAVE ALSO
BEEN GETTING PUMMELED WITH HIGH WINDS. I'VE EXPANDED THE HIGH WIND
WARNINGS WE ALREADY HAD FOR THESE LOCATIONS, AND I ALSO ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE ROGUE VALLEY THIS MORNING TO BRIDGE
THE GAP WE HAD UNTIL THE HIGH WIND WARNING BEGINS FOR THE ROGUE
VALLEY LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE THIS
MORNING AS THE JET STREAK MOVES ASHORE, AND ALL GUIDANCE SHOWS A
FEW HOURS OF VERY WINDY WEATHER FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON. THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE WILL PEAK A LITTLE LATER
TODAY.
THIS IS ALL JUST ROUND ONE WITH AT LEAST TWO MORE ROUNDS TO GO.
ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COAST
BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
A VERY STRONG SYSTEM WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS SUNDAY.
SUNDAY'S SYSTEM IS ONE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AS THE MODELS SHOW A
STRONG, NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER SYSTEM WITH STRONG SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE MOVING INSIDE 130W. THIS IS A CLASSIC PATTERN FOR A
DAMAGING WIND STORM AT THE COAST. THE SYSTEMS OVER THE WEEKEND
WILL CERTAINLY NECESSITATE MORE WIND WARNINGS AND WE MAY ALSO NEED
ADDITIONAL FLOOD HEADLINES AS WELL. WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO COMPLICATE
AN ALREADY VERY COMPLICATED WATCH, WARNING, AND ADVISORY MAP BY
ADDING ANY WATCHES FOR LATER STORMS. HOWEVER, RESIDENTS AND
TRAVELERS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT VERY WET AND WINDY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF OUR AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
QUIETER WEATHER LOOKS TO BE IN THE OFFING FOR NEXT WEEK AS AN
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 06/06Z TAF CYCLE...WIND SHEAR WILL BE A
CONCERN AT OR NEAR ALL 4 OF THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE DAY AS WINDS
INCREASE TO 50-60 KNOTS AROUND 2000 FEET ABOVE GROUND WHILE SOME
SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS MAINTAIN LIGHT WINDS AT TIMES. EAST OF
THE CASCADES SOME HIGHER LEVEL WINDS OF 50 TO 70 KNOTS WILL LIKELY
MIX DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS MAY
BRING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO EAST SIDE TERMINALS. COASTAL
LOCATIONS AND SOME WEST SIDE VALLEYS, INCLUDING KMFR ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO SEE PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY. STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD TURBULENCE WITH STRONG MOUNTAIN
WAVE TURBULENCE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY AND MAY BRING ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
WIDESPREAD TURBULENCE.
EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST WITH MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATIONS TO THE COAST RANGE AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST BUT
WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. INLAND...ALSO EXPECT
MODERATE RAINFALL, WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MAINLY FOR WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY, INCLUDING KMHS. THIS WILL BRING AREAS OF
MVFR CIGS TO THE COAST THIS MORNING...SPREADING INTO AREAS FROM THE
CASCADES WEST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS
ARE EXPECTED. SK
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 600 PM PST THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2015....A SERIES OF
STRONG FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS INTO THIS WEEKEND. THE
NEXT FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND
WILL BRING STRONGER WINDS THAN THE PREVIOUS FRONT WITH STRONG GALES
TO STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK
LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO
AROUND 18 TO 22 FEET DURING THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER STRONG FRONTS WILL
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND MAY BRING ADDITIONAL GALES.
THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING, MODELS SHOW A STRONG LOW
APPROACHING THE WATERS FRONT THE SOUTHWEST AND MOVING NORTH ALONG
THE OREGON COAST. THIS MAY BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER STRONG
GALE TO STORM EVENT. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL VERY STEEP SEAS LATE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. /CC
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ030-031.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ030-031.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR ORZ021-022.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ORZ021>024-026-028.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR ORZ021-022.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR ORZ023>025.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ027>029.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR ORZ026.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ026.
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081-085.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081-085.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR CAZ080>083-085.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR CAZ080-081.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ084.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS
MORNING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356-370-
376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-
370-376.
&&In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:32 AM PST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1132 AM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1116 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW WILDERVILLE 42.45N 123.51W
02/06/2015 M1.00 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
4 HR RAINFALL ENDING AT 11 AM. HEAVY RAIN
DURATION 4 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION GRANTS
PASS.
1114 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW WILDERVILLE 42.45N 123.51W
02/06/2015 M3.43 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR RAINFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. RIVERBANK
ROAD FLOODED IN PLACES. WORST FLOODING NEAR
GRIFFIN PARK. HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS.
OBSERVER LOCATION GRANTS PASS.
1112 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 N WEED 41.49N 122.37W
02/06/2015 M1.16 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL FROM 8 AM TO 1045 AM. HEAVY RAIN
DURATION 2 HOURS 45 MINUTES. OBSERVER
LOCATION 1 MILES N OF GENANDA.
1106 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNW HARBOR 42.05N 124.26W
02/06/2015 M3.51 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR RAINFALL ENDING AT 1030 AM. HEAVY RAIN
DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 4 MI N
OF CA BORDER ON EASTSIDE HWY 101.
1044 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSW ETNA 41.44N 122.91W
02/06/2015 M1.80 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR RAINFALL ENDING AT 1030 AM. LOCAL
GULLIES WASHING OVER ROADWAYS. HEAVY RAIN
DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 2 MI SW
OF ETNA.
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 6, 11:34 AM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1134 AM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1133 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ENE NORTH BEND 43.42N 124.20W
02/06/2015 M1.05 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
4 HR RAINFALL ENDING AT 11 AM. HEAVY RAIN
DURATION 4 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 3 MI E
OF NORTH BEND.
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 6, 12:02 PM PST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1202 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSE ASHLAND 42.18N 122.69W
02/06/2015 M1.34 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 2 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION UP BEHIND OSU.
1200 PM FLOOD GLENDALE 42.74N 123.43W
02/06/2015 DOUGLAS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
FLOODING NEAR CORNER TUNNEL ROAD AND
GLENDALE VALLEY ROAD
1159 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE JACKSONVILLE 42.30N 122.92W
02/06/2015 M1.51 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 17 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION ABOUT 3 MI EAST OF JACKSONVILLE.
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 6, 1:56 PM PST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
156 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNW LAKESIDE 43.59N 124.18W
02/06/2015 M3.05 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION 1.5 MI E. OF PACIFIC OCEAN ADJACENT
TO DUNES.
1200 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 N ROSEBURG 43.23N 123.36W
02/06/2015 M1.07 INCH DOUGLAS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION NW EDEN HEIGHTS TOP OF HILL.
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 6, 2:52 PM PST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
252 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0251 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW BROOKINGS 42.08N 124.32W
02/06/2015 M2.08 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
45MPH GUSTS FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN
DURATION 15 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 1 MILE
SOUTH OF RAINBOW ROCK VIEW.
&&
CSLocal storm report, Feb 6, 2:58 PM PST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
258 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0257 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 WSW SISKIYOU SUMMIT 42.05N 122.60W
02/06/2015 M2.37 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 26 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION TOP OF SISKIYOU PASS E OF I-5.
&&
SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 7:38 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 83 min | |
| Feb 6, 7:38 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 8 hr | |
| Feb 6, 8:53 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Josephine | 27 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:11 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:32 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:32 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 5 days |
| Feb 6, 9:59 AM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Curry | 115 min |
| Feb 6, 11:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Curry | 41 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:09 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | MFR | Jackson, Josephine | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:23 PM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 15 hr |
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