Gale Warning
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Now In Effect Until 10 AM PST This Morning... ...Gale Warning Remains In Effect From 10 AM This Morning To 10 PM PST This Evening... ...Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect From 10 PM This Evening To 4 AM PST Wednesday
- Event
- Gale Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Very steep and hazardous seas 15 to 18 ft at 14 to 16 seconds through this morning. South winds increase later this morning, 25 to 30 kt with gale gusts up to 40 kt and very steep wind-driven seas 12 to 14 ft. Conditions gradually diminishing through Tuesday, though seas remain steep and elevated 12 to 14 ft.
Where
All areas.
When
For the Hazardous Seas Warning, until 10 AM PST this morning. For the Gale Warning, from 10 AM this morning to 10 PM PST this evening. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 10 PM this evening to 4 AM PST Wednesday.
Impacts
Strong winds and very steep seas could capsize or damage vessels. Low visibility conditions are expected. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Mariners should alter plans to avoid strong winds and very steep seas. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Medford OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6ZQNHWE87PWNCTC6JXM3GKP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.82cc1e1f8bd9551fbadda378eebd5f825b45b9bd.001.3
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Medford OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMFR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4491
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 090843 |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.261109T1800Z-261110T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-09T22:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d709a66be4ab69fc37ebf18be6b792016d62e976.001.5,2026-11-08T04:16:00-08:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057350 |
| SAME | 057370 |
| UGC | PZZ350 |
| UGC | PZZ370 |