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Gale Warning 57, NWS Medford, OR

November 1, 2016

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Nov 1, 2016, 2:25 AM PDT. It took effect at Nov 2, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2016, 2:25 AM PDT (09:25 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Nov 2, 2016, 10:49 PM PDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

As transmitted.

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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
225 AM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL MOVE IN WEDNESDAY...

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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-
225 AM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SEAS...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET TODAY...THEN TO 10 TO 12
  FEET WEDNESDAY. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD FURTHER TO 13 TO 16
  FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE DOMINATED BY CHOPPY SHORT
  PERIOD WIND WAVES. THE WIND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE BY THURSDAY
  MORNING...BUT HEAVY WESTERLY SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...THEN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 20 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE GALE 
  FORCE WINDS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE AREAS BETWEEN 10 NM AND 20 
  NM OFFSHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WHICH WILL EXPERIENCE SMALL 
  CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* 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.

&&

$$

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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-
225 AM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE GALE
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW
  20 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
  THEN TO 13 TO 15 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY
  CHOPPY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES. THE WIND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE BY
  THURSDAY MORNING...BUT HEAVY WESTERLY SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS STEEP
  AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...THE GALE FORCE WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL
  OCCUR 5 TO 10 NM FROM THE COAST AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
5 follow-up statements
284 
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MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
310 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016


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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
310 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT TODAY UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 13 TO 16 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.  

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH GALES EXPECTED IN
  ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY
  NIGHT.

* 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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
310 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT TODAY UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 16 TO 18 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GALES ARE THEN EXPECTED
  BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS THROUGH
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
310 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  GALES ARE THEN EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FORM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD
  BEACH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT VERY NEAR SHORE WATERS
  SOUTH OF BROOKINGS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
310 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  NEARLY ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GALES ARE THEN
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
  VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS
  THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
570 
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MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
323 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016


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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
323 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT TODAY UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 13 TO 16 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.  

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH GALES EXPECTED IN
  ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY
  NIGHT.

* 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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
323 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT TODAY UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 16 TO 18 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GALES ARE THEN EXPECTED
  BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS THROUGH
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0057.161102T1200Z-161103T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
323 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  GALES ARE THEN EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FORM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD
  BEACH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT VERY NEAR SHORE WATERS
  SOUTH OF BROOKINGS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.COR.KMFR.SC.Y.0109.161102T0300Z-161102T1200Z/
/O.COR.KMFR.GL.W.0057.161102T1200Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.COR.KMFR.SE.W.0074.161102T1200Z-161104T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
323 PM PDT TUE NOV 1 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT TODAY UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  GALES 35 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...BECOMING 12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST 17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  NEARLY ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GALES ARE THEN
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
  VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS
  THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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856 
WHUS76 KMFR 021008
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
308 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

PZZ356-022315-
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0110.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0057.161102T1200Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0074.161102T1200Z-161104T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
308 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO GALES 35
  TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST
  17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH THIS MORNING. GALES ARE THEN
  EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FORM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH THIS
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT VERY NEAR SHORE WATERS SOUTH OF BROOKINGS
  THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-376-022315-
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0057.161102T1200Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0074.161102T1200Z-161104T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
308 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO GALES 35
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  12 TO 15 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST
  16 TO 18 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT 
  ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GALES ARE THEN 
  EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND 
  AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL 
  AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-022315-
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0109.000000T0000Z-161102T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0057.161102T1200Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0075.161103T0600Z-161104T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
308 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO GALES 35
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  13 TO 16 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THURSDAY...SEAS BECOMING WEST
  17 TO 20 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS INTO THIS MORNING...WITH GALES EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS THIS
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL
  CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

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
132 
WHUS76 KMFR 022140
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
240 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

PZZ356-031045-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0074.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0110.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
240 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS
   EVENING THROUGH 11 PM PDT THURSDAY EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH
  THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  SEAS WILL THEN BECOME DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL...BUILDING TO
  13 FEET AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT...AND TO 17 FEET AT 17 SECONDS
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR CAPE
  BLANCO. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT VERY NEAR SHORE WATERS SOUTH OF
  BROOKINGS.

* 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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ350-376-031045-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0074.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
240 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS
   EVENING THROUGH 11 PM PDT THURSDAY EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH
  THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  SEAS WILL THEN BECOME DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL...BUILDING TO
  13 TO 14 FEET AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT...AND TO 17 FEET AT 17
  SECONDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR CAPE
  BLANCO. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-031045-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0075.161103T0600Z-161104T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
240 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS
   EVENING THROUGH 11 PM PDT THURSDAY EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH
  THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  SEAS WILL THEN BECOME DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL...BUILDING TO
  13 TO 14 FEET AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT...AND TO 17 FEET AT 17
  SECONDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$


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043 
WHUS76 KMFR 030549
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1049 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

PZZ356-031200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0110.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0074.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
1049 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY...

* SEAS...VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT...
  COMPOSED OF A MIX OF WIND WAVE AND FRESH SWELL. THIS WILL
  GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SWELL DOMINATED SEAS AS A WEST SWELL OF
  15 TO 17 FEET 17 SECONDS ARRIVES THURSDAY. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-031200-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0075.161103T0549Z-161104T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1049 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY...

* SEAS...VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT...
  COMPOSED OF A MIX OF WIND WAVE AND FRESH SWELL. THIS WILL
  GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SWELL DOMINATED SEAS AS A WEST SWELL OF
  15 TO 17 FEET 17 SECONDS ARRIVES THURSDAY. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-376-031200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-161103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0074.000000T0000Z-161104T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1049 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY...

* SEAS...VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT...
  COMPOSED OF A MIX OF WIND WAVE AND FRESH SWELL. THIS WILL
  GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SWELL DOMINATED SEAS AS A WEST SWELL OF
  15 TO 17 FEET 17 SECONDS ARRIVES THURSDAY. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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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 Oct 31, 9:13 PM PDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:13 PM PDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
913 PM PDT MON OCT 31 2016

.DISCUSSION...The 00Z GFS data has begun to arrive and supports
the current short term forecast. Isolated to scattered showers
this evening are diminishing and mainly over Siskiyou County. The
associated area of low pressure will move east across far northern
California overnight. By morning, a few remaining showers will
likely be occurring over the Warner Mountains of eastern Modoc
County. A weak shortwave in northwest flow will also bring a push
of marine air into west side valleys with a slight chance of light
showers. A ridge will build into our area from the southwest on
Tuesday and result in decreasing clouds with the beginning of a
warming trend.

A warm front will brush past Tuesday night into Wednesday on its
way northeastward into Washington. This will bring an increase in
high clouds and...with a stable layer in place...there will also
be areas of valley low clouds and fog into Wednesday morning.

A focus for the night shift will be fine tuning the details of the
next frontal passage. It is likely to be of weak to moderate
strength as it brings rain to the immediate coast by Wednesday
evening. It is then expected to weaken as it moves inland over
the west side during Wednesday night. Its remnants will reach the
east side early Thursday morning.

Another break between systems is expected Thursday into early
Saturday. A more important focus for the night shift will be
looking for better model agreement regarding the details of what
is very likely to be a stronger front and then a trailing surface
trough that will both impact our area with wind, rain, and high
elevation snow this weekend. The early outlook is for another
break between systems next Monday.

&&

.AVIATION...01/00Z TAF cycle...Showers will taper off over most
of the area this evening, but linger overnight from around Mount
Shasta eastward. Areas of MVFR cigs will develop over the valleys
tonight with higher terrain obscured. Those areas will clear to
VFR by late morning Tuesday...then VFR conditions will persist
through Tuesday evening. -JRS

Note: The ceilometer at FAA site KOTH is out of service, so there
will be no ceiling observations available generally between the
hours of 04Z and 14Z.

&&

.MARINE...Updated 830 PM PDT Monday 31 October 2016...A front has
moved onshore. Winds and seas will diminish tonight and remain
relatively low (below small craft advisory levels) through Tuesday.
South winds will increase again Tuesday night as the next front
approaches. Small craft conditions will likely develop late Tuesday
night into Wednesday morning. Gale force winds are likely Wednesday
afternoon and night, so a Gale Watch will remain in effect for a bit
longer until the timing can be better defined.

There will be a break between fronts Thursday and Friday, but a
large, long period west swell will likely keep the entire area
inhospitable to small craft at least. It may also make for heavy
surf conditions along the coast. The next front will move in
Saturday with possible gales and heavy seas. -JRS

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 303 PM PDT MON OCT 31 2016/

DISCUSSION...A weak closed low swinging up from offshore of
northern California will bring showers to the southern Oregon
coast by 2 PM. Isolated thunderstorms are occuring in the coastal
waters of northern california at this time with a cold pool with
500 MB temperatures near -25 C bringing instablity on the back
edge of the showers, with a thunderstorm possible on the extreme
southern coast of Oregon by 4 PM. Showers are expected to move
into all of Curry county, southern Coos county, southern
Josephine and western Siskiyou county by around 3 PM. The showers
will continue to spread inland from the southwest and reach into
northern Coos county, Douglas and jackson county west of I-5, and
into the mt. Shasta area by around 4 PM. Showers are expected to
spread across to east of the Cascades around and after 5 PM.
Showers are expected to mix with snow in the Cascades passes
tonight, but is not expected to accumulate on the road surfaces
more than very briefly.

The closed low will open and the front will dissipate with
showers tapering off through Tuesday morning and clearing in the
afternoon as a ridge builds over the PAC NW. This slowly migrates
east over the great basing with the next system moving into the
coast Wednesday afternoon.

With the ridge still strong over the great basin this front washes
out with precipitation largely remaining west of the Cascades
through Thursday morning. Winds become offshore by Thursday
afternoon, clearing skies and warming temperatures. Sven

Long Term...Friday, Nov 4th through Monday, Nov 7th...
Model guidance is well agreed on high pressure ridging holding in
for Friday. Thus, mild temperatures with no precipitation will allow
for some drying. Temperatures will be around 10 degrees above
normal, which should put highs in valleys in the upper 50s to upper
60s.

Models are also well agreed on a strong front impacting the forecast
area this weekend. While there are slight timing differences of
about 6 hours among most of the models, it appears that this front
should result in maximum rainfall at the coast on Saturday morning
and across the interior West Side Saturday afternoon through
Saturday evening. Integrated moisture transport (IVT) graphics from
the GFS Ensemble models indicate a high (>80%) probability of a
significant precipitation event across the area during this time
period, so have increased precipitation probabilities accordingly.
This same guidance indicates a good inland penetration of the
moisture from this storm system.

There have been a couple of changes in today's guidance as compared
to yesterday's regarding the weekend storm system. The first is that
the cold air with this system is slower to get to us, so snow levels
take longer to drop to below 7kft. The second related change is that
the front and resultant atmospheric river (AR) looks as if it will
linger over the area for a longer period of time, possibly through
Sunday and into Sunday night. This means that precipitation amounts
are likely to be heavier. For example, previous solutions indicated
that the Bear Creek portion of the Rogue Valley would get a quarter
to a half inch of water from the weekend storm system. Current
guidance indicates a half inch to a full inch. Obviously, this
forecast is for days 6 and 7, so details could easily change. The
heavier amounts indicated on the current guidance are more
consistent with anomalies shown by the CFSv2 ensemble over the last
several days, so are more likely to verify. BTL

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.

CA...None.

Pacific Coastal Waters...Gale Watch from Wednesday morning through
     late Wednesday night for PZZ350-356-370-376.
     Small Craft Advisory from 11 PM Tuesday to 11 AM PDT Wednesday
     for PZZ370-376.

DW/SBN/JRS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 5:22 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR3 hr
Oct 31, 8:36 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR32 hr
Nov 1, 2:25 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR44 hr
Nov 1, 2:25 AM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR66 hr
Nov 1, 3:23 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR53 hr
Nov 1, 2:35 PM PDTFreeze WarningMFRSiskiyou18 hr

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Sources

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