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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Medford, OR

January 20, 2020Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf advisory at Jan 20, 2020, 1:41 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 21, 2020, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2020, 1:41 PM PST (21:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2020, 7:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 21, 2020, 7:00 PM PST
In force: 12 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 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Jan 20, 8:49 AM PST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 8:49 AM PST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 2:29 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	36 hr
Jan 20, 2:46 PM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		23 hr
Jan 20, 2:46 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Watch	MFR		23 hr
Jan 20, 2:29 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	36 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Oregon, 2020 Every high surf advisory in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.