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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 19, 2021, 2:53 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 20, 2021, 2:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2021, 2:53 AM PST (10:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2021, 2:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 8 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 10:52 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, 10.9 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
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
728 WHUS46 KMFR 191053 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 253 AM PST Tue Jan 19 2021 ORZ021-022-200000- /O.NEW.KMFR.BH.S.0002.210120T1000Z-210120T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 253 AM PST Tue Jan 19 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Hazardous conditions as high and infrequent wave run-ups from a long period swell will likely result in sneaker waves. * WHERE...All area beaches along the southern Oregon Coast, including the beaches of Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM through 10 AM PST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Even during calm conditions, sneaker waves can sweep up the beach without warning and knock unsuspecting people over and pull them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly. Logs and other debris can be lifted and carried by these waves, crushing or entrapping victims. * 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. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
2 follow-up statements
787 WHUS46 KMFR 192355 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 355 PM PST Tue Jan 19 2021 ORZ021-022-201800- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0002.210120T1000Z-210120T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 355 PM PST Tue Jan 19 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Hazardous conditions as high and infrequent wave run- ups from a long period swell will likely result in sneaker waves. * WHERE...All area beaches along the southern Oregon Coast, including the beaches of Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM through 10 AM PST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Even during calm conditions, sneaker waves can sweep up the beach without warning and knock unsuspecting people over and pull them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly. Logs and other debris can be lifted and carried by these waves, crushing or entrapping victims. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
473 WHUS46 KMFR 201016 CFWMFR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Medford OR 216 AM PST Wed Jan 20 2021 ORZ021-022-201800- /O.CON.KMFR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210120T1800Z/ South Central Oregon Coast-Curry County Coast- 216 AM PST Wed Jan 20 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Hazardous conditions as high and infrequent wave run- ups from a long period swell will likely result in sneaker waves. * WHERE...The beaches of Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM PST this morning. * IMPACTS...Even during calm conditions, sneaker waves can sweep up the beach without warning and knock unsuspecting people over and pull them out to sea. Shock and hypothermia can occur quickly. Logs and other debris can be lifted and carried by these waves, crushing or entrapping victims. * 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2:19 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 8 hr |
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.