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Gale Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 17, 2016, 2:41 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 30 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2016, 2:41 AM PST (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2016, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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042 WHUS76 KMFR 171041 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 241 AM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .STORMY WEATHER RETURNS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF STRONG FRONTS MOVES THROUGH. THE FIRST FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL FRONTS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ALL OF THESE FRONTS COULD PRODUCE GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE WATER BUT THE STRONGEST FRONT WILL BE ON FRIDAY WITH GALES LIKELY...AND POSSIBLE STORM FORCE WINDS. IN ADDITION VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF VERY STEEP WIND WAVES AND VERY HIGH WEST SWELL PRODUCED BY A PERSISTENT STORM TRACK OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. PZZ370-376-172345- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160217T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0010.160217T1800Z-160220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0018.160218T1200Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.160217T1800Z-160218T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 241 AM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SEAS...WEST 9 TO 11 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT THEN RISING THURSDAY MORNING TO 18 TO 20 FT AT 14 SECONDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-172345- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160217T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0010.160217T1800Z-160220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.160217T1800Z-160218T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 241 AM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY WITH THE GALE WARNING COMING INTO EFFECT AFTERWARDS. * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 12 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO 13 TO 15 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL RISE FURTHER TO 21 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THE INCREASING FURTHER TO GALE FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-172345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0010.160217T1800Z-160220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.160217T1800Z-160218T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 241 AM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY WITH THE GALE WARNING COMING INTO EFFECT AFTERWARDS. * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 12 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO 13 TO 15 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL RISE FURTHER TO 21 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THE INCREASING FURTHER TO GALE FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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898 WHUS76 KMFR 172258 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 258 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY... .THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL PUSH INLAND THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL FRONTS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT ON THURSDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GALE FORCE WINDS BUT THE STRONGEST FRONT WILL BE ON FRIDAY WITH POSSIBLE STORM FORCE WINDS. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND VERY HIGH SWELL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A BREAK IN THE ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SUNDAY. PZZ370-376-181200- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.160218T1200Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 258 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 13 FT AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT THEN RISING THURSDAY MORNING TO 18 TO 20 FT AT 14 SECONDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-181200- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 258 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO 13 TO 15 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL RISE FURTHER TO AROUND 20 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO GALE FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-181200- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 258 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO 13 TO 15 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL RISE TO AROUND 20 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO GALE FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
218 WHUS76 KMFR 180500 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 900 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY... .THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FRONTS HAS PUSHED INLAND THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL FRONTS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT ON THURSDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GALE FORCE WINDS BUT THE STRONGEST FRONT WILL BE ON FRIDAY WITH POSSIBLE STORM FORCE WINDS. SEAS WILL BE VERY STEEP DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND VERY HIGH SWELL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A BREAK IN THE ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SUNDAY. PZZ370-376-181800- /O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.160218T0500Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 900 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 13 FT AT 10 SECONDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT THEN RISING THURSDAY MORNING TO 18 TO 20 FT AT 14 SECONDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-181800- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 900 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO 13 TO 15 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL RISE FURTHER TO AROUND 20 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO GALE FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-181800- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1800Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 900 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS...WEST 10 TO 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING THEN RISING TO 13 TO 15 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL RISE TO AROUND 20 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO GALE FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
527 WHUS76 KMFR 181040 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY... .A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY WITH GALES AND VERY STEEP, HAZARDOUS SEAS. AN EVEN STRONGER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH END GALES AND POSSIBLE STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND VERY HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A BREAK IN THE ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SUNDAY. PZZ356-182345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160218T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1400Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 240 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS: COMBINED 12 TO 16 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING PEAKING AT 19 TO 22 FEET LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS REMAIN ELEVATED THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME PRIMARILY WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP AT 15 TO 19 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS MAY LOWER BRIEFLY BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-376-182345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160218T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1400Z-160219T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 240 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS: COMBINED 13 TO 17 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING PEAKING AT 19 TO 23 FEET LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS REMAIN ELEVATED THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME PRIMARILY WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP AT 15 TO 19 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS MAY LOWER BRIEFLY BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-182345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160218T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.160218T1400Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 240 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... * SEAS: COMBINED 12 TO 16 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING PEAKING AT 19 TO 23 FEET LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS REMAIN ELEVATED THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME PRIMARILY WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP AT 15 TO 19 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS MAY LOWER BRIEFLY BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
067 WHUS76 KMFR 182242 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 242 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY... .GALE FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN A VERY STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH END GALES AND STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND VERY HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO ADVISORY LEVEL OR BELOW ON FRIDAY...BUT HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ350-356-370-376-191145- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0003.160219T1200Z-160219T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 242 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED 16 TO 20 FEET SEAS...BECOMING PRIMARILY WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT TONIGHT...DIMINISHING BRIEFLY IN SOUTHERN WATERS TONIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 KT... WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT FRIDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE CLOSER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS SOUTH OF BROOKINGS...WITHIN 10 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
556 WHUS76 KMFR 191003 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 203 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS TODAY... .A VERY STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THIS MORNING WITH STRONG GALES AND STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO ADVISORY LEVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ356-376-192315- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0003.160219T1200Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0019.160219T1800Z-160220T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 203 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: 18 TO 20 FEET STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS THIS MORNING...BECOMING VERY STEEP 16 FEET SEAS AT 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 13 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT...LOWERING TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE WITHIN 30 NM OF SHORE FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN NORTHWARD. GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-370-192315- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0003.160219T1200Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0019.160219T2000Z-160220T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 203 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: 18 TO 20 FEET STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS THIS MORNING...BECOMING VERY STEEP 17 FEET SEAS AT 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 14 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT...LOWERING TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE WITHIN 30 NM OF SHORE. GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
627 WHUS76 KMFR 191812 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1012 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH NORTH OF THE AREA WILL TO SEND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO ADVISORY LEVEL LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ356-376-200000- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160220T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1012 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4AM PST SATURDAY... * SEAS: 18 TO 20 FEET STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS THIS MORNING... BECOMING VERY STEEP 16 FEET SEAS AT 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON... THEN 13 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALE FORCE WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED FROM GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD AND VERY STEEP SEAS FOR ALL AREAS THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-370-200000- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.160219T2000Z-160220T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1012 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4AM PST SATURDAY... * SEAS: VERY STEEP 17 FEET SOUTHWEST SEAS AT 11 SECONDS... BECOMING 14 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
049 WHUS76 KMFR 192002 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1202 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SEND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AREA INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ350-370-200300- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0023.160219T2100Z-160220T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1202 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP 16 FEET SOUTHWEST SEAS AT 11 SECONDS... BECOMING 14 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-376-200300- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0023.160219T2100Z-160220T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1202 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP 16 FEET SOUTHWEST SEAS AT 11 SECONDS... BECOMING 14 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL OCCUR IN ALL AREAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AS WELL AS BEYOND 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 17, 2:41 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 27 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:41 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 27 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:56 AM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 19 hr |
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