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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 6, 2016, 4:32 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 6, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2016, 4:32 PM PST (00:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
956 WHUS46 KMFR 070032 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 432 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016 ...LARGE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WAVES WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OREGON BEACHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... ORZ021-022-071800- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0001.160107T0600Z-160107T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 432 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LARGE WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...LARGE OCEAN SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FEET WILL CREATE BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 19 TO 22 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE COAST. * TIMING...SURF WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AT THE BEACHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT WAVES TO RUN UP ON BEACH MORE THAN NORMAL...AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$ SK
1 follow-up statement
795 WHUS46 KMFR 071812 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1012 AM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ORZ021-022-071915- /O.EXP.KMFR.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1012 AM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH SURF HEIGHTS LOWERING TO AROUND 15 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. $$ SVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:05 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 17 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:57 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 37 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:57 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.