Hazardous Seas Warning
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Gale Warning Now In Effect From 5 PM This Afternoon To 11 AM PDT Friday... ...Hazardous Seas Warning In Effect From 11 AM To 5 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 Gale Warning, seas 11 to 16 ft at 10 seconds and southwest winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt expected. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 9 to 14 ft at 10 seconds and west winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.
Where
Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 NM and Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 NM.
When
Gale Warning, from 5 PM this afternoon to 11 AM PDT Friday. Hazardous Seas Warning, from 11 AM to 5 PM PDT Friday.
Impacts
Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Instructions
A Gale Warning means winds of 34 to 47 knots are imminent or occurring. Operating a vessel in gale conditions requires experience and properly equipped vessels. It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Portland OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3AGS0KDZWCJECQ86BD01AWQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d6258a55a0b21b0053a42781368e96cc3b6c6070.001.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Portland OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPQR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3477
- 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 | SEW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 242012 |
| NWSheadline | GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.SE.W.0012.260925T1800Z-260926T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T17:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057253 |
| SAME | 057273 |
| UGC | PZZ253 |
| UGC | PZZ273 |