Alert archive / Oregon / Beach Hazards Statements in 2020
Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 18, 2020, 11:28 AM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 21, 2020, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2020, 11:28 AM PDT (18:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2020, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2020, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 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 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
896 WHUS46 KMFR 181828 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 1128 AM PDT Wed Mar 18 2020 ORZ021-022-190230- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0004.200321T1800Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 1128 AM PDT Wed Mar 18 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...11 am Saturday until 5 pm Sunday. * 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... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
8 follow-up statements
052 WHUS46 KMFR 190222 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 722 PM PDT Wed Mar 18 2020 ORZ021-022-192100- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.200321T1800Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 722 PM PDT Wed Mar 18 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...11 am Saturday until 5 pm Sunday. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping unsuspecting victims underneath. Never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
350 WHUS46 KMFR 192032 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 132 PM PDT Thu Mar 19 2020 ORZ021-022-200945- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.200321T1800Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 132 PM PDT Thu Mar 19 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...11 am Saturday until 5 pm Sunday. * 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... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
455 WHUS46 KMFR 200927 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 227 AM PDT Fri Mar 20 2020 ORZ021-022-210000- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.200321T1800Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 227 AM PDT Fri Mar 20 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...11 am Saturday until 5 pm Sunday. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping unsuspecting victims underneath. Never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
385 WHUS46 KMFR 202126 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 226 PM PDT Fri Mar 20 2020 ORZ021-022-211045- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.200321T1800Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 226 PM PDT Fri Mar 20 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...11 am Saturday until 5 pm Sunday. * 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... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
226 WHUS46 KMFR 211019 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 319 AM PDT Sat Mar 21 2020 ORZ021-022-212245- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.200321T1800Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 319 AM PDT Sat Mar 21 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...11 am until 5 pm Sunday. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping unsuspecting victims underneath. Never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Stay off of beaches, rocks, jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
830 WHUS46 KMFR 212114 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 214 PM PDT Sat Mar 21 2020 ORZ021-022-220515- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 214 PM PDT Sat Mar 21 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...Until 5 pm Sunday. * 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... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
381 WHUS46 KMFR 220216 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 716 PM PDT Sat Mar 21 2020 ORZ021-022-230000- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 716 PM PDT Sat Mar 21 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves. * WHERE...Beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...Until 5 pm Sunday. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves with high run-ups can knock unsuspecting people over and drag them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly in the cold Pacific waters. Logs and other debris can be lifted and floated by these waves, crushing or entrapping unsuspecting victims underneath. Never turn your back to the ocean. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
944 WHUS46 KMFR 222349 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 449 PM PDT Sun Mar 22 2020 ORZ021-022-230100- /O.EXP.KMFR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200323T0000Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 449 PM PDT Sun Mar 22 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... The enhanced threat of sneaker waves has diminished this evening, thus the Beach Hazards Statement will be allowed to expire. $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
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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.