Alert archive / Oregon / Beach Hazards Statements in 2019
Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 30, 2019, 5:22 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 31, 2019, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2019, 5:22 AM PST (13:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2019, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2019, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 18 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 13:19 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, 1.4 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
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
598 WHUS46 KMFR 301322 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 522 AM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 ORZ021-022-302130- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0002.190201T0000Z-190201T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 522 AM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for sneaker waves...which is in effect from late Thursday afternoon through Friday morning. * Hazards...Sneaker waves. * Timing...Late Thursday afternoon through Friday morning. The highest risk is expected Thursday evening through Friday morning. * Locations Include...The southwestern Oregon coast from Florence south to Point Saint George, with the greatest threat for west and northwest facing beaches. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusually high beach run-up is possible. This can take beachgoers by surprise resulting in possible injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can become lifted and floated, increasing risk to those in or near the water. * 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. && $$ CC
4 follow-up statements
190 WHUS46 KMFR 302108 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 108 PM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 ORZ021-022-311130- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0002.190201T0000Z-190201T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 108 PM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * Hazards...An increased risk for Sneaker Waves. * Timing...Late Thursday afternoon through Friday morning. * Locations Include...The southwestern Oregon coast from Florence south to Point Saint George, with the greatest threat for west and northwest facing beaches. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusually high beach run-up is possible. This can take beachgoers by surprise resulting in possible injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can become lifted and floated, increasing risk to those in or near the water. Stay off jetties and rocks, and never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water, and && $$
042 WHUS46 KMFR 311235 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 435 AM PST Thu Jan 31 2019 ORZ021-022-010000- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0002.190201T0000Z-190201T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 435 AM PST Thu Jan 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * Hazards...Possible sneaker waves. * Timing...Late this afternoon through Friday morning. * Locations Include...The south Oregon coast from Florence to Point Saint George, with the greatest threat across west and northwest facing beaches. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusually high beach run-up is possible. This can take beachgoers by surprise resulting in possible injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can become lifted and floated, increasing risk to those in or near the water. Stay off jetties and rocks, and never turn your back to the ocean. * 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, and && $$ Stavish
172 WHUS46 KMFR 312253 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 253 PM PST Thu Jan 31 2019 ORZ021-022-011200- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0002.190201T0000Z-190201T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 253 PM PST Thu Jan 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * Hazards...Possible sneaker waves. * Timing...Late this afternoon through Friday morning. * Locations Include...The south Oregon coast from Florence to Point Saint George, with the greatest threat across west and northwest facing beaches. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusually high beach run-up is possible. This can take beachgoers by surprise resulting in possible injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can become lifted and floated, increasing risk to those in or near the water. Stay off jetties and rocks, and never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water, and && $$
592 WHUS46 KMFR 011031 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 231 AM PST Fri Feb 1 2019 ORZ021-022-011800- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-190201T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 231 AM PST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * Hazards...Possible sneaker waves. * Timing...Through this morning. * Locations Include...The south Oregon coast from Florence to Point Saint George, with the greatest threat across west and northwest facing beaches. * Potential Impacts...Sudden and unusually high beach run-up is possible. This can take beachgoers by surprise resulting in possible injury or drownings. Logs and other debris can become lifted and floated, increasing risk to those in or near the water. Stay off jetties and rocks, and never turn your back to the ocean. * 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, and && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:39 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 9 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:01 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 4 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.