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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 28, 2018, 3:11 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2018, 3:11 PM PST (23:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 24 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 23:15 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, 11.2 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
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
505 WHUS46 KMFR 282311 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 311 PM PST Fri Dec 28 2018 ORZ021-022-291200- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0005.181229T0600Z-181230T0600Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 311 PM PST Fri Dec 28 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for sneaker waves...which is in effect from 10 PM PST this evening through Saturday evening. * Hazards...Sneaker waves. * Timing...10 pm tonight through 10 pm Saturday. * Locations Include...South Oregon coast from Reedsdport south to Brookings. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusual beach run-ups possible that can take beachgoers by surprise producing injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can be tossed around. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. && $$ Stavish
2 follow-up statements
892 WHUS46 KMFR 291107 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 307 AM PST Sat Dec 29 2018 ORZ021-022-300600- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-181230T0600Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 307 AM PST Sat Dec 29 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * Hazards...Sneaker waves. * Timing...through 10 pm this evening. * Locations Include...South Oregon coast from Reedsdport south to Brookings. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusual beach run-ups possible that can take beachgoers by surprise and result in injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can be tossed around. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. && $$
021 WHUS46 KMFR 292248 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 248 PM PST Sat Dec 29 2018 ORZ021-022-300600- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-181230T0600Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 248 PM PST Sat Dec 29 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * Hazards...Sneaker waves. * Timing...through 10 pm this evening. * Locations Include...South Oregon coast from Reedsdport south to Brookings. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusual beach run-ups possible that can take beachgoers by surprise and result in injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can be tossed around. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. && $$ Stavish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:18 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 7 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.