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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 21, 2019, 2:57 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 21, 2019, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2019, 2:57 AM PST (10:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2019, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2019, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 6 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 10:58 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 00:00Z, 11.0 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
- 1615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
098 WHUS46 KMFR 211057 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 257 AM PST Thu Nov 21 2019 ORZ021-022-220000- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0013.191122T0600Z-191122T1200Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 257 AM PST Thu Nov 21 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for sneaker waves...which is in effect from this evening through late tonight. * Hazards...Elevated risk of sneaker waves. * Timing...From 10 PM PST this evening through 4 AM PST early Friday morning. * Locations Include...Beaches on the southern Oregon coast. * Potential Impacts...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping victims underneath. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
816 WHUS46 KMFR 212102 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 102 PM PST Thu Nov 21 2019 ORZ021-022-221200- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0013.191122T0600Z-191122T1200Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 102 PM PST Thu Nov 21 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * Hazards...Elevated risk of sneaker waves. * Timing...From 10 PM PST this evening through 4 AM PST Friday morning. * Locations Include...Beaches along the southern Oregon coast. * Potential Impacts...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping victims underneath. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. && $$
567 WHUS46 KMFR 221159 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 359 AM PST Fri Nov 22 2019 ORZ021-022-221300- /O.EXP.KMFR.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-191122T1200Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 359 AM PST Fri Nov 22 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... Sneaker wave threat is diminishing. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2:52 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 5 days |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Oregon, 2019Every beach hazards statement in 2019
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.