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High Surf Advisory 18, NWS Medford, OR

March 10, 2016Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf advisory at Mar 10, 2016, 10:21 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2016, 10:21 AM PST (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Mar 10, 9:18 AM PST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 9:18 AM PST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 9:25 AM PST, 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 2:43 AM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		3 hr
Mar 10, 6:07 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	4 hr
Mar 10, 6:38 AM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		2 hr
Mar 10, 2:31 PM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		12 hr
Mar 10, 2:47 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath	12 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Oregon, 2016 Every high surf advisory in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.