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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 12, 2016, 2:31 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 12, 2016, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2016, 2:31 AM PST (10:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 18 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 10:31 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, 10.5 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
- 2287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
265 WHUS46 KMFR 121031 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 231 AM PST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...LARGE WAVES EXPECTED AT THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... ORZ021-022-130600- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0003.160212T1200Z-160213T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 231 AM PST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LARGE WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...HIGH OCEAN SWELL OF 12 TO 13 FEET WILL CREATE BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 17 TO 20 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE COAST. * TIMING...LARGE BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...LOWERING SOME TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL COASTAL AREAS OF CURRY...COOS...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL BE IMPACTED. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT WAVES TO RUN UP ON THE BEACH MORE THAN NORMAL. ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE TO THE SEA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:17 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 38 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:17 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 56 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:17 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 56 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Oregon, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.