Hazardous Seas Watch
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 5 AM PDT Thursday... ...Hazardous Seas Watch In Effect From Thursday Evening Through Friday Morning
- Event
- Hazardous Seas Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 6 to 9 ft at 11 seconds. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, very steep and hazardous seas 7 to 12 ft at 10 seconds possible.
Where
For the Small Craft Advisory, waters south of Port Orford. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, waters south of Cape Blanco but with the highest chances of very steep seas north of Gold Beach.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 5 AM PDT Thursday. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, from Thursday evening through Friday morning.
Impacts
Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossing could become especially hazardous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Consider altering your plans to avoid possible hazardous and very steep sea conditions.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Medford OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~57s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37YJ7PCR0ZCFNFSA0C5GWGE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7a5fd5f4352eab4a4476b78bd2175e0332627b3f.001.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Medford OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMFR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3655
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SEA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 232015 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0018.260925T0300Z-260925T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T11:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057356 |
| SAME | 057376 |
| UGC | PZZ356 |
| UGC | PZZ376 |