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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 20, 2020, 2:07 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 22, 2020, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2020, 2:07 PM PST (22:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2020, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2020, 1:00 PM 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 22:03 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, 10.1 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
- 2294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
654 WHUS46 KMFR 202207 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 207 PM PST Thu Feb 20 2020 ORZ021-022-210615- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0003.200222T1500Z-200222T2100Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 207 PM PST Thu Feb 20 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM PST Saturday morning until 1 PM PST Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting 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 unsuspecting victims underneath. 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. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
4 follow-up statements
549 WHUS46 KMFR 210509 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 909 PM PST Thu Feb 20 2020 ORZ021-022-220000- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0003.200222T1500Z-200222T2100Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 909 PM PST Thu Feb 20 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM PST Saturday morning until 1 PM PST Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping unsuspecting victims underneath. Never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
607 WHUS46 KMFR 212205 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 205 PM PST Fri Feb 21 2020 ORZ021-022-220615- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0003.200222T1500Z-200222T2100Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 205 PM PST Fri Feb 21 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM PST Saturday morning until 1 PM PST Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting 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 unsuspecting victims underneath. 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. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
788 WHUS46 KMFR 220719 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 1119 PM PST Fri Feb 21 2020 ORZ021-022-222100- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0003.200222T1500Z-200222T2100Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 1119 PM PST Fri Feb 21 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM PST Saturday morning until 1 PM PST Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping unsuspecting victims underneath. Never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
055 WHUS46 KMFR 222126 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 126 PM PST Sat Feb 22 2020 ORZ021-022-222230- /O.EXP.KMFR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200222T2100Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 126 PM PST Sat Feb 22 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$ Visit us at https://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 20, 2:14 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 5 days |
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.