Storm Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR

Issued

Jan 13, 2016, 3:04 PM PST (23:04 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 14, 2016, 4:00 AM PST

Expired

Jan 14, 2016, 3:26 AM PST

In force

Issued by

NWS Medford, OR

509 
WHUS76 KMFR 132304
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
304 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016

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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-
304 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE
WATCH TO A STORM WARNING AND A GALE WARNING...BOTH IN EFFECT FROM
4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7
PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY.

* SEAS: 10 TO 11 FEET AT 12 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING
  WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 18 FEET LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND INTO THE
  AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL THEN REMAIN AT AROUND 15 FEET AT 12
  SECONDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT BEGINNING
  THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT
  THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS
  THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE
  ARAGO...AND CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO...WITH GALES
  ELSEWHERE. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
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 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0006.160114T1200Z-160115T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0008.160115T0300Z-160116T0000Z/
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-
304 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE
WATCH TO A STORM WARNING AND A GALE WARNING...BOTH IN EFFECT FROM
4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7
PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY.

* SEAS: 10 TO 11 FEET AT 12 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING
  WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 18 FEET LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND INTO THE
  AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL THEN REMAIN AT AROUND 15 FEET AT 12
  SECONDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT BEGINNING
  THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT
  THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS
  THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED OUT TO 20 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE
  ARAGO...WITH GALES ELSEWHERE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
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 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

149 
WHUS76 KMFR 141126
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
326 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016


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/O.CAN.KMFR.SR.W.0002.160114T1200Z-160115T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.160114T1200Z-160115T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0009.160115T0300Z-160116T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0008.160115T0300Z-160116T0000Z/
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-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
326 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016

...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST 
THURSDAY UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELED THE STORM
WARNING. THE GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST UNTIL 7
PM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 
7 PM PST THURSDAY UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. IN ADDITION A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 PM PST THURSDAY UNTIL 4
PM PST FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AT 13 TO 16 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THEN
  INCREASE BETWEEN 14 AND 16 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT
  THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO
  20 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS INTO THIS EVENING.
  VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM
  FROM SHORE NORTH OF PORT ORFORD AND ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN
  PORTION OF ZONE 376 THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ALL
  OTHER AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT FOR SEAS.

* 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ370-150000-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160114T1200Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SR.W.0002.160114T1200Z-160115T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.160114T1200Z-160115T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0008.160115T0300Z-160116T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
326 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016

...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST 
THURSDAY UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELED THE STORM
WARNING. THE GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST UNTIL 7
PM PST THURSDAY. ALSO...A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THURSDAY UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AT 13 TO 15 FEET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THEN
  INCREASE BETWEEN 15 AND 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT...BECOMING
  SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES THIS MORNING
  INTO THIS EVENING...THEN HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL AFFECT ALL
  AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

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