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Storm Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Feb 18, 2016, 2:42 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 18, 2016, 2:42 PM PST (22:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted.
067 WHUS76 KMFR 182242 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 242 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY... .GALE FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN A VERY STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH END GALES AND STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND VERY HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO ADVISORY LEVEL OR BELOW ON FRIDAY...BUT HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ350-356-370-376-191145- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0003.160219T1200Z-160219T1800Z/ 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 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- 242 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED 16 TO 20 FEET SEAS...BECOMING PRIMARILY WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT TONIGHT...DIMINISHING BRIEFLY IN SOUTHERN WATERS TONIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 KT... WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT FRIDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS. HOWEVER THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE CLOSER TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS SOUTH OF BROOKINGS...WITHIN 10 NM FROM SHORE. * 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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556 WHUS76 KMFR 191003 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 203 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS TODAY... .A VERY STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THIS MORNING WITH STRONG GALES AND STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO ADVISORY LEVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ356-376-192315- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0003.160219T1200Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0019.160219T1800Z-160220T1200Z/ 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- 203 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: 18 TO 20 FEET STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS THIS MORNING...BECOMING VERY STEEP 16 FEET SEAS AT 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 13 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT...LOWERING TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE WITHIN 30 NM OF SHORE FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN NORTHWARD. GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-192315- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0003.160219T1200Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0019.160219T2000Z-160220T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 203 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SEAS: 18 TO 20 FEET STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS THIS MORNING...BECOMING VERY STEEP 17 FEET SEAS AT 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 14 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT...LOWERING TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE WITHIN 30 NM OF SHORE. GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
627 WHUS76 KMFR 191812 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1012 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH NORTH OF THE AREA WILL TO SEND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY WIND WAVES AND HIGH SWELL. MARINERS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERIENCE ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THIS BOUT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO ADVISORY LEVEL LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT HIGH SWELL WILL KEEP SEAS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PZZ356-376-200000- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160220T1200Z/ 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- 1012 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4AM PST SATURDAY... * SEAS: 18 TO 20 FEET STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS THIS MORNING... BECOMING VERY STEEP 16 FEET SEAS AT 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON... THEN 13 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALE FORCE WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED FROM GOLD BEACH NORTHWARD AND VERY STEEP SEAS FOR ALL AREAS THIS MORNING. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-200000- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160219T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.160219T2000Z-160220T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1012 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4AM PST SATURDAY... * SEAS: VERY STEEP 17 FEET SOUTHWEST SEAS AT 11 SECONDS... BECOMING 14 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 10:35 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 43 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:35 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 43 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:39 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:39 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Jackson | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:51 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 28 hr |
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