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High Surf Advisory 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf advisory at Oct 12, 2016, 10:40 AM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Oct 13, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2016, 10:40 AM PDT (17:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2016, 8:52 AM PDT
- In force
- 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 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383 WHUS46 KMFR 121740 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1040 AM PDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A SERIES OF VERY STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. STORM FORCE WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF FROM NOON ON THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WIND SEAS AND BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN WARNING LEVEL SEAS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS. A STRONGER STORM ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN EVEN HIGHER SURF AS WELL AS A STORM SURGE OF 2 FEET. ORZ021-022-130300- /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0021.161013T1900Z-161014T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0022.161014T1200Z-161015T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SU.W.0006.161014T0000Z-161014T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1040 AM PDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT THURSDAY THROUGH 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS. * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH THROUGH WEST BREAKERS WILL BE 22 TO 27 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOUTH FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST, INCLUDING THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS, ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE 25 TO 30 FOOT BREAKING WAVES THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL BUILD ON THURSDAY AS LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL ALSO BUILDS. SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL PEAK THURSDAY EVENING, WHILE THE WEST SWELL WILL PEAK ON FRIDAY. WIND WAVE AND SWELL WILL CAUSE THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALL OF THE COAST IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE HIGH SURF ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST...INCLUDING THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS. * IMPACTS... HIGH BREAKERS WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE SURF ZONE...JETTIES AND BEACHES, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN, AS SNEAKER WAVES WITH LONG WAVE RUN-UP HEIGHTS WILL SURGE ONTO BEACHES, ROCKS, AND JETTIES AT TIMES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ BTL
2 follow-up statements
963 WHUS46 KMFR 130236 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 736 PM PDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A SERIES OF VERY STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. STORM FORCE WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF FROM NOON ON THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WIND SEAS AND BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN WARNING LEVEL SEAS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS. A STRONGER STORM ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN EVEN HIGHER SURF AS WELL AS A STORM SURGE OF 2 FEET. ORZ021-022-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0006.161014T0000Z-161014T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SU.Y.0021.161013T1900Z-161014T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SU.Y.0022.161014T1200Z-161015T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 736 PM PDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH THROUGH WEST BREAKERS WILL BE 22 TO 27 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOUTH FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST... INCLUDING THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS...ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE 25 TO 30 FOOT BREAKING WAVES THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL BUILD ON THURSDAY AS LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL ALSO BUILDS. SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL PEAK THURSDAY EVENING...WHILE THE WEST SWELL WILL PEAK ON FRIDAY. WIND WAVE AND SWELL WILL CAUSE THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALL OF THE COAST IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE HIGH SURF ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS. WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST... INCLUDING THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS. * IMPACTS... HIGH BREAKERS WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE SURF ZONE...JETTIES AND BEACHES... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN... AS SNEAKER WAVES WITH LONG WAVE RUN-UP HEIGHTS WILL SURGE ONTO BEACHES... ROCKS... AND JETTIES AT TIMES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
922 WHUS46 KMFR 131552 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 852 AM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A SERIES OF VERY STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. STORM FORCE WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF FROM NOON ON THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WIND SEAS AND BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN WARNING LEVEL SEAS, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS. A STRONGER STORM ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN EVEN HIGHER SURF ALONG WITH A STORM SURGE OF 2 FEET. ORZ021-022-140100- /O.CAN.KMFR.SU.Y.0021.161013T1900Z-161014T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SU.Y.0022.161014T1200Z-161015T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SU.W.0006.161013T1900Z-161015T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 852 AM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... HIGH SURF ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO HIGH SURF WARNINGS FOR THE ALL OF THE COOS AND CURRY COUNTY COASTAL AREAS. * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH THROUGH WEST BREAKERS WILL BE 22 TO 27 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOUTH FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST... INCLUDING THE PORT ORFORD AND BROOKINGS AREAS...ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE 25 TO 30 FOOT BREAKING WAVES THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL BUILD ON THURSDAY AS LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL ALSO BUILDS. SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL PEAK THURSDAY EVENING...WHILE THE WEST SWELL WILL PEAK ON FRIDAY. WIND WAVE AND SWELL WILL CAUSE THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE MOST IMPACT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG SOUTH FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST... INCLUDING PORT ORFORD AND THE BROOKINGS AREA NEAR HARBOR. * IMPACTS... HIGH BREAKERS WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE SURF ZONE...JETTIES AND BEACHES... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN... AS SNEAKER WAVES WITH LONG WAVE RUN-UP HEIGHTS WILL SURGE ONTO BEACHES... ROCKS... AND JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ BTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 5:53 PM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 53 hr | |
| Oct 11, 5:53 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 41 hr | |
| Oct 11, 5:53 PM PDT | Storm Warning | MFR | 53 hr | |
| Oct 11, 6:12 PM PDT | High Surf Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 4 days |
| Oct 12, 2:24 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 51 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:42 AM PDT | Storm Watch | MFR | 37 hr | |
| Oct 12, 10:40 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 22 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:03 PM PDT | Flood Watch | MFR | Curry | 38 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in Oregon, 2016Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.