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High Surf Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR

December 24, 2024Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this high surf warning at Dec 24, 2024, 2:04 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 25, 2024, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 69 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 24, 2024, 2:04 AM PST (10:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2024, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 28, 2024, 1:08 PM PST
In force
69 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 10:05 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 23, 11:15 PM PST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 11:15 PM PST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 23, 9:06 PM PST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 23, 10:57 PM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 23, 11:10 PM PST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 10:48 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine117 min
Dec 24, 12:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFRJackson102 min
Dec 24, 1:56 AM PSTStorm WatchMFR10 hr
Dec 24, 2:11 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake10 hr
Dec 24, 12:06 PM PSTStorm WarningMFR40 hr
Dec 24, 12:07 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake46 hr
Dec 24, 12:07 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRCurry, Jackson, Josephine40 hr
Dec 24, 12:25 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake70 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.