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High Surf Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR

December 20, 2024Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Dec 20, 2024, 9:00 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 22, 2024, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 33 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2024, 9:00 PM PST (05:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2024, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 24, 2024, 7:00 AM PST
In force
33 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 05:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf warning 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 warning went out at Dec 20, 4:12 PM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 4:12 PM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 1:25 AM PSTGale WatchMFR13 hr
Dec 21, 10:08 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMFR112 min
Dec 21, 12:22 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRJackson31 hr
Dec 21, 2:07 PM PSTGale WarningMFR29 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Oregon, 2024Every high surf warning in 2024

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.