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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Medford, OR

February 24, 2016Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 24, 2016, 9:06 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2016, 9:06 AM PST (17:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
In force
13 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 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 5.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

189 
WHUS46 KMFR 241706
CFWMFR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
906 AM PST WED FEB 24 2016

ORZ021-022-242315-
/O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0004.160224T1706Z-160225T0600Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
906 AM PST WED FEB 24 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 FEET WILL CREATE BREAKER
  HEIGHTS OF 16 TO 18 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE COAST.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL COASTAL AREAS OF CURRY...COOS...AND
  DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL BE IMPACTED.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES WILL RUN UP ON THE BEACH MORE THAN
  NORMAL. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
588 
WHUS46 KMFR 241936
CFWMFR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1136 AM PST WED FEB 24 2016

ORZ021-022-250145-
/O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160225T0600Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
1136 AM PST WED FEB 24 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH OCEAN SWELL OF 13 TO 15 FEET WILL CREATE BREAKER
  HEIGHTS OF 18 TO 20 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE COAST.

* TIMING...PEAKING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY SUBSIDING
  THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL COASTAL AREAS OF CURRY...COOS...AND 
  DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL BE IMPACTED. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES WILL RUN UP ON THE BEACH MORE THAN 
  NORMAL. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AT THE BEACHES THROUGH 
  THIS EVENING. 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.

&&

$$
004 
WHUS46 KMFR 242232
CFWMFR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
232 PM PST WED FEB 24 2016



ORZ021-022-250600-
/O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160225T0600Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
232 PM PST WED FEB 24 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH OCEAN SWELL OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL CREATE BREAKER
  HEIGHTS OF 17 TO 20 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE COAST.

* TIMING...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH
  LATE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL COASTAL AREAS OF CURRY...COOS...AND 
  DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL BE IMPACTED. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES WILL RUN UP ON THE BEACH MORE THAN 
  NORMAL. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AT THE BEACHES THROUGH 
  THIS EVENING. 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.

&&

$$

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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.