Gale Warning
NWS Medford OR ยท US
New
Details
Gale Warning Now In Effect Until 4 PM PST This Afternoon... ...Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 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
South winds 25 to 30 kt with gale gusts up to 40 kt and very steep wind-driven seas 12 to 14 ft into early this evening. Winds briefly diminish later this evening, but continue 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt Tuesday and Tuesday night with steep seas 10 to 14 ft.
Where
All areas.
When
For the Gale Warning, until 4 PM PST this afternoon. For the Small Craft Advisory, until 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
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M715WXWEEWHBFHKTD39EKC67
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a69ffcf7a591c9b96d089207ea721abff2315ff3.001.1
- 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.546
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 092211 |
| NWSheadline | GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-261110T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-09T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.82cc1e1f8bd9551fbadda378eebd5f825b45b9bd.001.3,2026-11-09T00:43:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c25bcda55e092a79aacd3ea58eb036cea880daab.001.3,2026-11-08T13:49:00-08:00 [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 |