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Gale Warning 49, NWS Medford, OR

November 7, 2017

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Nov 7, 2017, 2:00 AM PST. It took effect at Nov 7, 2017, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 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
Nov 7, 2017, 2:00 AM PST (10:00 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 7, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 8, 2017, 4:00 PM PST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

As transmitted.

791 
WHUS76 KMFR 071000
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
200 AM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

PZZ350-356-072300-
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/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0049.171108T0600Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0099.171107T2100Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0018.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
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-
200 AM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE
WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS 
EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO 
BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A HAZARDOUS SEAS 
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN
  INCREASING TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
 
* SEAS...BUILDING AND STEEPENING TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE...BECOMING VERY 
  STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 12 TO 16 FEET WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL LIKELY PERSIST 
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
  CAPES AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WITH CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO
  SMALL CRAFT ELSEWHERE.
 
* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND
HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BUT THE SPECIFIC
TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO
CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0049.171108T0600Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0018.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
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-
200 AM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE
WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS 
EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO 
BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A HAZARDOUS 
SEAS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GALES 35
  TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS...BUILDING AND STEEPENING TO 7 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE...BECOMING VERY STEEP AND
  WIND WAVE DOMINATED OVERNIGHT PEAKING AT 15 TO 20 FEET WEDNESDAY.
  STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
  THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL HAVE GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY
  STEEP, HAZARDOUS SEAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND
HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BUT THE SPECIFIC
TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO
CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

MAS

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
468 
WHUS76 KMFR 072253
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
253 PM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

PZZ350-356-081200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0099.000000T0000Z-171108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.171108T0600Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0018.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0066.171108T0600Z-171110T0600Z/
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-
253 PM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN
  INCREASING TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN
  DECREASING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS...BUILDING AND STEEPENING TO 7 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE...BECOMING VERY
  STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 14 TO 18 FEET WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR 
  THE CAPES AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WITH CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS 
  TO SMALL CRAFT ELSEWHERE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0099.000000T0000Z-171108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.171108T0600Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0018.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0066.171108T0600Z-171110T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 PM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GALES 35
  TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN DECREASING TO SMALL 
  CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS...BUILDING AND STEEPENING TO 7 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE...BECOMING VERY STEEP AND
  WIND WAVE DOMINATED OVERNIGHT PEAKING AT 15 TO 20 FEET
  WEDNESDAY. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL HAVE GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY 
  STEEP, HAZARDOUS SEAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-081200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0099.000000T0000Z-171108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.171108T0600Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0018.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0066.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 PM PST TUE NOV 7 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM
PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM
PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GALES 35
  TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN DECREASING TO SMALL 
  CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS...BUILDING AND STEEPENING TO 7 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE...BECOMING VERY STEEP AND
  WIND WAVE DOMINATED OVERNIGHT PEAKING AT 15 TO 20 FEET
  WEDNESDAY. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL HAVE GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY 
  STEEP, HAZARDOUS SEAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
870 
WHUS76 KMFR 081004
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
204 AM PST WED NOV 8 2017

PZZ350-356-370-082315-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0066.000000T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
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-
204 AM PST WED NOV 8 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
THURSDAY...

* WINDS...GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT
  POSSIBLE...DIMINISHING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BY 
  WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS...WITHIN 10 NM FROM SHORE...STEEP TO VERY STEEP AND WIND 
  WAVE DOMINATED 9 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO
  12 TO 17 FEET BY LATE MORNING. BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE...VERY 
  STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED 15 TO 20 FEET THROUGH THIS 
  MORNING...INCREASING TO 18 TO 23 FEET BY LATE MORNING. STEEP TO 
  VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR 
  THE CAPES AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WITH CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS 
  TO SMALL CRAFT ELSEWHERE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-082315-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0066.171109T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
204 AM PST WED NOV 8 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...GALES 35 TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...DIMINISHING 
  TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED PEAKING AT 15 TO 18
  THROUGH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 FEET BY LATE
  MORNING. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST
  THURSDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL HAVE GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY 
  STEEP, HAZARDOUS SEAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
829 
WHUS76 KMFR 082247
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
247 PM PST WED NOV 8 2017

PZZ356-091200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0066.000000T0000Z-171110T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0067.171109T0000Z-171110T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
247 PM PST WED NOV 8 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT DIMINISHING
  TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KT ARE 
  POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. 

* SEAS...VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FEET, LOWERING TO 12 TO 15 FEET, BUT
  REMAINING STEEP TO VERY STEEP OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES END THIS EVENING, BUT SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS CONTINUE ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. STEEP
  TO VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-091200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171109T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0066.171109T0000Z-171110T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
247 PM PST WED NOV 8 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT DIMINISHING
  TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KT 
  ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. 

* SEAS...VERY STEEP 15 TO 20 FEET, LOWERING TO 12 TO 15 FEET, BUT
  REMAINING STEEP TO VERY STEEP OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES END THIS EVENING, BUT SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS CONTINUE ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. STEEP
  TO VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-091200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0066.000000T0000Z-171110T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171109T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
247 PM PST WED NOV 8 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT DIMINISHING
  TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KT ARE 
  POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
 
* SEAS...VERY STEEP 15 TO 20 FEET, LOWERING TO 12 TO 15 FEET, BUT
  REMAINING STEEP TO VERY STEEP OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES END THIS EVENING SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO, 
  BUT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS CONTINUE ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT INTO
  THURSDAY. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS 
  TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY, BUT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CAPES AND 
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 2:00 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR20 hr
Nov 7, 2:00 AM PSTHazardous Seas WatchMFR13 hr
Nov 7, 2:53 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR43 hr
Nov 7, 3:22 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRKlamath, Lake49 hr
Nov 7, 3:22 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRJackson, Klamath, Lake49 hr
Nov 7, 3:30 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRSiskiyou49 hr

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Sources

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