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High Surf Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR

January 13, 2016Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Jan 13, 2016, 9:22 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 14, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2016, 9:22 PM PST (05:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 14, 2016, 3:34 AM PST
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 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

414 
WHUS46 KMFR 140522
CFWMFR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
922 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016

...A ROUND OF HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER EVEN
HIGHER ROUND POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

.A SERIES OF STORMS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL BRING A ROUND OF
HIGH SURF INTO THE COAST THURSDAY...AND ANOTHER ROUND OF EVEN
HIGHER SURF THIS WEEKEND.

ORZ021-022-141330-
/O.NEW.KMFR.SU.W.0002.160114T1500Z-160115T0300Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
922 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WAVES AND SURF...A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL WILL BRING AVERAGE SURF
  HEIGHTS UP TO AROUND 20 FEET THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY
  HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN SATURDAY WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF
  POSSIBLY AROUND 30 FEET.

* TIMING...INCREASING THURSDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASING THURSDAY
  EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WAVES OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE VERY POWERFUL. THEY CAN 
  EASILY WASH PEOPLE...STUMPS...LOGS...AND VEHICLES OFF OF 
  BEACHES AND JETTIES. STAY A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE OCEAN. 
  EXPECT LARGE WAVE RUN-UPS...AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE 
  OCEAN. 

* 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.

&&

$$
SVEN

1 follow-up statement

012 
WHUS46 KMFR 141134
CFWMFR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
334 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016


ORZ021-022-150300-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SU.W.0002.160114T1500Z-160115T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0004.160114T1500Z-160115T0300Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
334 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SURF WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WAVES AND SURF...A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL WILL BRING AVERAGE SURF
  HEIGHTS UP TO AROUND 16 FEET. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH SURF
  IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN SATURDAY WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF POSSIBLY
  AROUND 30 FEET.

* TIMING...INCREASING THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASING THIS EVENING
  BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WAVES OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE VERY POWERFUL. THEY CAN 
  EASILY WASH PEOPLE...STUMPS...LOGS...AND VEHICLES OFF OF 
  BEACHES AND JETTIES. STAY A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE OCEAN. 
  EXPECT LARGE WAVE RUN-UPS...AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE 
  OCEAN. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

&&

$$

PETRUCELLI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 6:25 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Curry, Jackson, Josephine	24 hr
Jan 14, 3:26 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		11 hr
Jan 14, 3:34 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	15 hr
Jan 14, 2:42 PM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		12 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Oregon, 2016 Every high surf warning 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.