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High Surf Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Mar 9, 2016, 12:41 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 9, 2016, 12:41 PM PST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 17 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 20:44 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 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
586 WHUS46 KMFR 092041 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1241 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ORZ021-022-100845- /O.UPG.KMFR.SU.Y.0016.160310T0000Z-160310T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.W.0004.160309T2041Z-160310T1400Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1241 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BREAKERS WILL PEAK AROUND 28 FEET THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SURF ZONE ON SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST. * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST...INCLUDING PORT ORFORD...MAINLY FROM OPHIR TO CAPE ARAGO. * IMPACTS...HIGH BREAKERS WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE SURF ZONE...JETTIES AND BEACHES. WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN USUAL. * 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. BREAKERS MAY OCCASIONALLY WASH OVER JETTIES AND RUN UP HIGHER THAN USUAL ON BEACHES... SO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE SEA. 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. && $$ SVEN
2 follow-up statements
637 WHUS46 KMFR 100839 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1239 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016 ORZ021-022-101400- /O.CON.KMFR.SU.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160310T1400Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 1239 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BREAKERS WILL BE AROUND 22 TO 26 FEET THIS MORNING IN THE SURF ZONE ON SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING PORTIONS OF THE COAST...INCLUDING PORT ORFORD...MAINLY FROM OPHIR TO CAPE ARAGO. * IMPACTS...HIGH BREAKERS WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE SURF ZONE...JETTIES AND BEACHES. WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN USUAL. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$
628 WHUS46 KMFR 101407 CFWMFR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 607 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016 ORZ021-022-101800- /O.EXP.KMFR.SU.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160310T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SU.Y.0017.160310T1407Z-160310T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 607 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BREAKERS WILL BE 20 TO 25 FEET THIS MORNING IN THE SURF ZONE. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS FROM PORT ORFORD NORTH TO REEDSPORT. * IMPACTS...HIGH BREAKERS WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE SURF ZONE...JETTIES AND BEACHES. WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WILL BE HIGHER THAN USUAL. ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE TO THE SEA. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:37 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 3 hr | |
| Mar 9, 4:13 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:26 AM PST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | MFR | 17 hr | |
| Mar 9, 3:02 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 25 hr | |
| Mar 9, 3:02 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 48 hr |
Nearby
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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.