Alert archive / Oregon / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 7, 2016, 5:53 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 7, 2016, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2016, 5:53 AM PST (13:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2016, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 14 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 13:51 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 12:00Z, 1.9 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
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
655 WHUS46 KMFR 071353 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 553 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ORZ021-022-080400- /O.EXP.KMFR.SU.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160307T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0005.160307T1400Z-160308T0400Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 553 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LARGE WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF: WEST SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FEET AT 14 SECONDS WILL PRODUCE BREAKERS OF 18 TO 20 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALL IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF DOUGLAS... COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN USUAL. * 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. && $$ MAS
2 follow-up statements
371 WHUS46 KMFR 072230 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ORZ021-022-080400- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160308T0400Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 230 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF: WEST SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FEET AT 14 SECONDS WILL PRODUCE BREAKERS OF 18 TO 20 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALL IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF DOUGLAS... COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN USUAL. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$
187 WHUS46 KMFR 080412 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 812 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ORZ021-022-080515- /O.EXP.KMFR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160308T0400Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 812 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR WAVES AND SURF FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF DOUGLAS...COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:49 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 56 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 37 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 35 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:40 AM PST | Freeze Watch | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 6 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.