Beach Hazards Statement issued October 9 at 2:34PM PDT until October 12 at 2:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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* WHAT...A moderate risk for sneaker waves is expected. Short period north-northwest wind waves will interact with a building west-northwest long period swell. * WHERE...The beaches of Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Monday afternoon. The risk will be highest during Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Sneaker waves can run up significantly farther on beaches than normal, including over rocks and jetties. These waves can suddenly knock people off of their feet and sweep them into the ocean. The waves can also move logs or other objects which could crush or trap anyone caught underneath. * View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr Avoid climbing on rocks and jetties. Stay away from the ocean and remain out of the water to avoid hazardous conditions.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Retrieved by TradePilot
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- OR, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- South Central Oregon Coast; Curry County Coast
- event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-11T05:00:00-07:00
- states
- ["OR"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T14:34:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.986b326fc7aee4cd16feb575445b01d24bb44e28.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7b2bfc1c22b1f403f7ad138a22976ebecbcd7e5e.001.1"]
- instruction
- Avoid climbing on rocks and jetties. Stay away from the ocean and remain out of the water to avoid hazardous conditions.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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