Hazardous Seas Warning
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Remains In Effect From 11 PM This Evening To 2 PM PDT Friday
- Event
- Hazardous Seas Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 6 to 9 ft at 7 seconds. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 9 to 13 ft at 10 seconds expected.
Where
Small Craft Advisory south of Port Orford overnight. Hazardous Seas Warning for all of the area late Thursday night into Friday afternoon.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 2 AM PDT Thursday. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, from 11 PM Thursday to 2 PM PDT Friday.
Impacts
Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossings will become especially treacherous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Recreational boaters should remain in port. Commercial vessels should prepare for very steep seas and consider remaining in port until conditions improve.
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
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3A97D9BZRA86JK54BRG7SAP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f13030a6ab53990a3aefe07769a5d913615ac76d.002.1
- 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.8545
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SEW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 241800 |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0036.260925T0600Z-260925T2100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T14:00:00-07:00 |
| 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 |