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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Medford, OR
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 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.
- 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
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. && $$
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.