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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 2, 2016, 3:09 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 3, 2016, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2016, 3:09 AM PST (11:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2016, 2:40 PM PST
- In force
- 11 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 11:09 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, 11.2 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
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
008 WHUS46 KMFR 021109 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 309 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2016 ORZ021-022-030000- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0006.161203T1200Z-161204T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 309 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR INCREASED WAVE RUNUP...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...NORTHWEST SWELL AROUND 15 FEET WILL PRODUCE 20 FOOT BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE. * TIMING...LARGE BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AROUND HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL BEACHES, BUT ESPECIALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. JETTIES AND THE SURF ZONE WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. * 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. ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON THE OCEAN. && $$
3 follow-up statements
736 WHUS46 KMFR 022230 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PST FRI DEC 2 2016 ORZ021-022-031230- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0006.161203T1200Z-161204T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 230 PM PST FRI DEC 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...NORTHWEST SWELL AROUND 16 FEET WILL PRODUCE 23 FOOT BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE. * TIMING...LARGE BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AROUND HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL BEACHES... BUT ESPECIALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. JETTIES AND THE SURF ZONE WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON THE OCEAN. && $$ STOCKTON
187 WHUS46 KMFR 031214 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 414 AM PST SAT DEC 3 2016 ORZ021-022-040000- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-161204T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 414 AM PST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...NORTHWEST SWELL AROUND 16 FEET WILL PRODUCE 23 FOOT BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE. * TIMING...LARGE BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED MOST OF THE DAY WITH HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...AROUND HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL BEACHES...BUT ESPECIALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. JETTIES AND THE SURF ZONE WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. * 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. ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON THE OCEAN. && $$
986 WHUS46 KMFR 032240 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2016 ORZ021-022-040200- /O.CAN.KMFR.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-161204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0027.161203T2240Z-161204T0200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 240 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 22 TO 24 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE. * IMPACTS...WAVE RUNUP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. JETTIES AND THE SURF ZONE WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
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.