Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 26, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 12, 2016, 2:57 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 13, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2016, 2:57 PM PST (22:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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350 WHUS76 KMFR 122257 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PST SAT MAR 12 2016 PZZ370-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160313T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0025.160313T0900Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.160313T0900Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0026.160313T2000Z-160314T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PST SAT MAR 12 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM PST TO 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP...WEST 14 TO 18 FT INTO THIS EVENING...THEN VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 22 TO 25 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP SEAS AROUND 26 FEET ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS MAY LINGER THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTENOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS INTO THIS EVENING. STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160313T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.160313T0900Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0025.160313T2000Z-160314T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 257 PM PST SAT MAR 12 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM PST TO 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP...WEST 14 TO 18 FT INTO THIS EVENING...THEN VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 22 TO 25 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS AROUND 26 FEET ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS MAY LINGER THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTENOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS INTO THIS EVENING. STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-376-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160313T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0025.160313T0900Z-160314T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.160313T0900Z-160313T2000Z/ 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- 257 PM PST SAT MAR 12 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM PST TO 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AN PST TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * SEAS: VERY STEEP...WEST 14 TO 18 FT INTO THIS EVENING...THEN VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 20 TO 25 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS OF 23 TO 26 FEET ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS MAY LINGER THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTENOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...ELSEWHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED. STORM CONDITIONS WILL LOWER TO GALES AND GALE CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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811 WHUS76 KMFR 131020 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 320 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 PZZ356-132330- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160313T2000Z-160314T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 320 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: 20 TO 25 FEET. BUILDING UP TO 23 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH THIS MORNING...ELSEWHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-132330- /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0026.160313T2000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160314T0300Z-160314T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 320 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 22 TO 25 FEET...BUILDING TO AROUND 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS...THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-132330- /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0025.160313T2000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160314T0300Z-160314T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 320 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 22 TO 25 FEET...BUILDING TO AROUND 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS MORNING...THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-132330- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160313T2000Z-160314T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 320 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 20 TO 25 FEET THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 23 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...ELSEWHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...THEN GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF PORT ORFORD THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE HAZARD SEAS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALL AREAS WILL HAVE HAZARDOUS SEAS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
534 WHUS76 KMFR 131033 CCA MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 333 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 PZZ356-140000- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160313T2000Z-160314T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 333 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: 20 TO 25 FEET. BUILDING UP TO 23 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH THIS MORNING...ELSEWHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0026.160313T2000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160314T0300Z-160314T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 333 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 22 TO 25 FEET...BUILDING TO AROUND 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS...THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-140000- /O.COR.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.GL.W.0025.160313T2000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160314T0300Z-160314T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 333 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 22 TO 25 FEET...BUILDING TO AROUND 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THIS MORNING...THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-140000- /O.COR.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160313T2000Z-160314T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 333 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 20 TO 25 FEET THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 23 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...ELSEWHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...THEN GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF PORT ORFORD THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE HAZARD SEAS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALL AREAS WILL HAVE HAZARDOUS SEAS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
423 WHUS76 KMFR 132022 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 122 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 PZZ356-140930- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 122 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 20 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOWERING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-140930- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160314T0300Z-160314T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 122 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 22 TO 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ PZZ350-140930- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160314T0300Z-160314T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 122 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 22 TO 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-140930- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160313T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 122 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * SEAS: VERY HIGH...WIND DRIVEN 20 TO 25 FEET THIS MORNING... BUILDING TO 23 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT THIS MORNING... THEN SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...ELSEWHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...THEN GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF PORT ORFORD THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE HAZARD SEAS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALL AREAS WILL HAVE HAZARDOUS SEAS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
687 WHUS76 KMFR 132126 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 226 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 PZZ376-141030- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1500Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 226 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. * SEAS: 20 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOWERING TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS MAY CONTINUE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ALONG WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-141030- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160314T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160313T2126Z-160314T1500Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 226 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 22 TO 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS FROM CAPE ARAGO NORTH BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ PZZ350-141030- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0030.160313T2126Z-160314T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 226 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 22 TO 27 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS FROM CAPE ARAGO NORTH BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-141030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 226 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 20 TO 26 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOWERING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ALONG WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
942 WHUS76 KMFR 140008 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 508 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 PZZ370-141315- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160314T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1500Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 508 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 20 TO 23 FEET THIS EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ALONG WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-141315- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160314T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 508 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 20 TO 23 FEET THIS EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ALONG WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ PZZ356-376-141315- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160314T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 508 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... * SEAS: 20 TO 23 FEET THIS EVENING DUE TO A MIX OF WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GRADUALLY LOWERING BELOW 18 FEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 KT...LOWERING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS ALONG WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 12, 9:27 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 9:27 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
927 AM PST SAT MAR 12 2016
.DISCUSSION...SNOW...WIND AND RAIN WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OREGON
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS
AND HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY. AS HAS BEEN THE
CASE WITH THE PAST FEW STORMS...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL IN
CURRY...JOSEPHINE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES WHILE SNOWFALL WILL BE
GREATEST IN THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS BUT ALSO IMPACT
EAST OF THE CASCADES.
THE FORECAST WAS UPDATED EARLIER THIS MORNING TO ADJUST THE
MARINE HEADLINES WITH HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN STORM
FORCE WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL AND
SNOW LEVEL FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR FREQUENT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH
TONIGHT AND THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND 3800 TO 4500 FEET. THE SNOW
LEVEL WILL RISE EARLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING UP TO AROUND 5500
FEET AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL THEN FALL AGAIN TO
4000 TO 4500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SNOW LEVELS
FALLING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. A FOCUS FOR THE
AFTERNOON PACKAGE WILL BE FINE TUNING THE WIND FORECAST FOR SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY EVENING WITH DECISIONS TO BE MADE REGARDING RAISING
HIGH WIND WATCHES TO WARNING LEVEL.
A GLANCE AT THE NEW 12Z MODEL DATA INDICATES A LOWER PROBABILITY
OF SHOWERS SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA DIVIDE ON TUESDAY THEN HIGH
CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT FORECAST OF HIGH PRESSURE PRODUCING
WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION....FOR THE 12/12Z TAF CYCLE...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MVFR
AND IFR CIGS THIS MORNING TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA UPSLOPE AREAS SUCH
AS THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA, ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST RANGE, AND IN THE
UMPQUA BASIN. ALSO EXPECT PARTIAL TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS FOR MID-
ELEVATIONS AND NEAR TOTAL OBSCURATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND
PEAKS. CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR WITH LOCAL MVFR POSSIBLE IN
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS POSSIBLE
AT NORTH BEND...ROSEBURG...AND MEDFORD AHEAD OF THE FRONT EARLY THIS
MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME TURBULENCE THROUGH THIS
EVENING, BUT WILL BE GREATEST THIS MORNING. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 620 AM PST FRI 12 MAR 2016...A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE ONSHORE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WINDS WILL SHIFT SOUTHWEST
AND GRADUALLY DECREASE...EXCEPT FOR THE INNER WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE
BLANCO WHERE THEY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPS INSIDE OF 130W. THIS STORM WILL WARRANT CLOSE WATCHING. THE
EC AND GFS SHOW A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING NEAR 135W SATURDAY EVENING,
RAPIDLY DEEPENING AND MOVING INSIDE OF 130 W EARLY SUNDAY MORNING,
THEN MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE WASHINGTON COAST LATER SUNDAY
MORNING. THE NAM IS THE FURTHEST SOUTH WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW
COMPARED TO THE GFS AND EC. IF THIS PANS OUT, THEN STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE MARINE ZONES AND GALES
ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER THE TRACK OF THE LOW AS IT RAPIDLY DEEPENS MAY BE
TOO FAR NORTH TO WARRANT STORM FORCE WINDS, BUT GALES ARE LIKELY.
CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW WE'LL REACH STORM FORCE WINDS, SO WE'LL LEAVE
THE WATCH UP AND SEE OF THE NEXT SET OF MODEL RUNS COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW. IF NOTHING ELSE, GUIDANCE HAS
BEEN CONSISTENT SHOWING A VERY HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD SWELL
MOVING IN SUNDAY MORNING WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS AROUND 33 FEET. PEAK
HIGH TIDE AT PORT ORFORD IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT 2:29 AM PDT AND
WILL STILL BE AROUND 3.5 FEET ABOVE MLLW, THUS HAVE ISSUED A HIGH
SURF WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF WIND WAVES AND HIGH SWELL COULD
RESULT IN DANGEROUS SEAS AND MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL THIS PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER ENDS. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 AM PST SAT MAR 12 2016/
12/00Z NAM/GFS/EC IN.
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERIC 500 MB HEIGHT PATTERN INITIALLY SHOWS A
WAVE NUMBER OF THREE AROUND THE GLOBE...WHICH IS USUALLY A
STAGNANT OR RETROGRESSIVE PATTERN. SURE ENOUGH...THERE IS REX
BLOCK OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. HOWEVER...IT WILL MORPH TO A FOUR
WAVE PATTERN LATER ON TODAY...AND THIS WILL SUPPORT A RESUMPTION
OF A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN.
CLOSER IN...IN BOTH SPACE AND TIME...A STRONG SHORT WAVE IS NOW
CLEARING TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. THIS BROUGHT SOME STRONG WINDS
TO SOME PARTS OF THE MEDFORD CWA LIKE THE SHASTA VALLEY...BUT THE
WINDS DID NOT REACH WARNING LEVELS. OVER MOST OF THE
AREA...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE LESS THAN 0.25 INCHES.
HOWEVER...THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA...WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY...AND
THE OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE GOT A GOOD SOAKING WITH MANY
AREAS GETTING MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN. POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS ARE
NOW WANING...BUT THE BREAK WILL BE VERY SHORT. SNOW LEVELS ARE
CURRENTLY 4000 TO 5000 FEET.
THERE'S A LOT MORE COMING. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN AN
OFFSHORE LONG WAVE TROUGH AND THE AFOREMENTIONED RIDGE OVER THE
CENTRAL U.S. WILL RETURN LATER THIS MORNING. MORE SHORT WAVES
EJECTED BY THE OFFSHORE TROUGH WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF
STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION.
THE NEXT WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE
LATER THIS MORNING. THE INITIAL TARGET WILL BE THE OREGON AND
WASHINGTON COAST...BUT WILL SHIFT FARTHER NORTH WITH TIME. THIS
FRONT LOOKS MODERATELY WINDY AND WET...BUT NO WARNING LEVEL WINDS
OR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR
OVER THE SAME AREAS AS THE FRIDAY SYSTEM...THE MOUNT SHASTA
AREA...WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY...AND THE COAST AND COAST RANGE.
SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER LATER THIS MORNING TO 3000-4000 FEET FROM
THE CASCADES WEST AND 4000-5000 FEET EAST OF THE CASCADES. SOME
PASSES SUCH AS SISKIYOU SUMMIT MAY SEE SOME IMPACTS FROM SNOW
LATER TODAY. SEE BELOW FOR MORE ON THE SNOW.
THE HITS WILL KEEP ON COMING. POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS FROM THE
SATURDAY SYSTEM WILL STILL BE IN PROGRESS WHEN THE NEXT WAVE AND
IT'S ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVES ONSHORE SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WAVE AND
ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWING SUNDAY NIGHT ON STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL
DIRECT MOST OF ITS ENERGY INTO OREGON. ONCE AGAIN...THE SAME AREAS
WILL GET THE MOST PRECIPITATION...BUT STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
ALSO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. HIGH WINDS MAY
OCCUR ALONG THE COAST...IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND EAST OF THE
CASCADES. THE CASCADES THEMSELVES WILL BE PRETTY WINDY AS WELL.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BRIEFLY RISE ABOVE PASS LEVELS LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL DROP TO 2500 TO 4000 FEET
SUNDAY NIGHT.
BY THIS TIME FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE A CONCERN DUE TO THE
PERSISTENT AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER THE SAME
AREAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE COQUILLE RIVER FROM
MYRTLE POINT TO THE OCEAN...BUT AN AREAL FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS OVER SISKIYOU COUNTY AND
SOUTHWEST OREGON WEST OF THE CASCADES.
A MAJOR SNOW EVENT IS NOW IN PROGRESS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS PERIOD...SO HIGHER WEST AND
SOUTHWEST FACING TERRAIN...SUCH AS THE CASCADES...MAY GET QUITE A
BIT OF UPSLOPE ENHANCED SNOW. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3000
AND 5000 FEET THROUGHOUT THIS INTERVAL...SO AREAS SUCH AS DIAMOND
LAKE...CRATER LAKE...MOUNT ASHLAND...MOUNT SHASTA...AND OTHER
AREAS OVER 5000 FEET MAY WIND UP WITH 4 TO 6 FEET OF SNOW BY THE
TIME IT ALL ENDS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY AHEAD OF AND WITH THE SURFACE FRONTS.
THE PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL COINCIDE WITH THE HIGHER
SNOW LEVELS...SO AMOUNTS BELOW 5000 FEET WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BUT
LIKELY WON'T REACH WARNING LEVELS. HOWEVER...PASSES SUCH AS
SISKIYOU SUMMIT ON I-5 WILL GET AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING...THEN GET ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT.
AN AMPLIFYING RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE WEST COAST MONDAY...
EVENTUALLY BECOMING THE CENTERPIECE OF AN OMEGA BLOCK. SHOWERS
WILL DIMINISH MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION FROM THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFD...TUE 15 MARCH
THROUGH FRI 18 MARCH. THIS PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
STILL BRINGING SOME LESSER FRONTAL SYSTEM ACTIVITY TO THE AREA,
WITH WEAKER STORMS RIDING IN ON WEST AND NORTHWEST FLOW. AS WE GO
THROUGH THE WEEK, HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ALONG THE WEST COAST OF
NORTH AMERICA WILL BUILD INTO OUR AREA, RESULTING IN DRYING
CONDITIONS.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DETAIL DIFFERENCES THAT
INCREASE WITH TIME IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE. THESE ARE HOW QUICKLY THE
STORM TRACK LIFTS NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA AND TO WHAT AMPLITUDE THE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING OFFSHORE BUILDS INTO OUR AREA. THE SHORT
STORY IS THAT THE ECMWF INDICATES THE TROUGHING LINGERING MORE
THROUGH MID-WEEK THAN DOES THE GFS. THE GFS THEN BUILDS MORE
RIDGING INTO OUR AREA FASTER, THOUGH THE ECMWF SHOWS HIGHER
AMPLITUDE WITH THE OFFSHORE RIDGE. PER SUGGESTED GUIDANCE FROM THE
EXTENDED PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION ISSUED TODAY BY THE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER, I'VE LEANED TOWARD A CONSENSUS SOLUTION. PER
LOCAL VERIFICATION IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, HOWEVER, I'VE LEANED A BIT
MORE TOWARD THE ECMWF SIDE OF MODEL CONSENSUS, ESPECIALLY WITH
TEMPERATURES LATE WEEK.
BOILING IT DOWN, WE SHOULD EXPECT AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME PERIOD, MODERATING WITH TIME. TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL RIDE THROUGH THE WEST-
NORTHWEST FLOW YIELDING LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS MOSTLY TO THE
COAST AND UMPQUA BASIN AND, TO A LESSER DEGREE THE WEST SIDE AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 3500 FEET
RISING TO 5500 FEET. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL BRING NORTHEAST AND
EAST WINDS THAT WILL BE GUSTY, AT TIMES, ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES.
THIS WILL YIELD DEVELOPING INVERSION CONDITIONS, MOST PRONOUNCED IN
THE MORNING HOURS. WITH MARCH SUN EXPECT THAT ALL VALLEYS WILL MIX
OUT EACH AFTERNOON. SO, WHILE MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
VALLEYS WILL BE NEAR CLIMATOGICAL AVERAGES FOR THE DATE, HIGHS WILL
BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK. BTL
HYDROLOGY...MANY COUNTIES IN SW OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ARE UNDER AN AREAL FLOOD WATCH. THIS FLOOD WATCH IS MAINLY FOR
URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS DUE TO FORECASTED MODERATE TO HIGH
RAINFALL AMOUNT. OF PARTICULAR CONCERNS ARE THE CHETCO RIVER AND
HUNTER CREEK IN SOUTHERN CURRY COUNTY WHERE HIGH TIDE ON SUNDAY
COULD EXACERBATE FLOODING PROBLEMS NEAR THE COAST. AS FAR AS MAIN
STEM RIVERS GOES...THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE IS FORECAST TO
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY. HOWEVER THE TIMING COULD
CHANGE IF THE HEAVY RAIN ARRIVES SOONER. SEE PDXFFAMFR AND THE
DETAILED HAZARD ON OUR WEBPAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ029>031.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR ORZ029>031.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ027-028.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR ORZ021>024.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ORZ021-022.
HIGH SURF WARNING FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR
ORZ021-022.
CA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081-084-085.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR CAZ081-084-085.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR CAZ080>083.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR CAZ082.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR CAZ080.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR CAZ083.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM PST TO 1 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM PST TO 1 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
PZZ356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
DW/JRS/BPNIn the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 12, 1:16 PM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
116 PM PST SAT MAR 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0114 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNE LANGLOIS 42.94N 124.45W
03/12/2016 M1.95 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
DURATION OF 12 HOURS. 3-4AM 0.89 OBSERVER
LOCATION 0.5 N OF LANGLOIS.
&&
CZSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:59 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | MFR | 61 min | |
| Mar 12, 6:04 AM PST | High Surf Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 37 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:22 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 33 hr | |
| Mar 12, 7:22 AM PST | Storm Warning | MFR | 29 hr | |
| Mar 12, 2:01 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 32 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:01 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 32 hr |
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