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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
222 PM PST WED NOV 4 2009
ORZ021-022-052300-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...
BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH
222 PM PST WED NOV 4 2009
...HEAVY SURF EXPECTED ALONG THE OREGON COAST FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...
HEAVY WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WILL MOVE TO THE OREGON COAST
FRIDAY...AND THIS WILL GENERATE HEAVY SURF ALONG THE COAST.
BREAKER HEIGHTS WILL INITIALLY BE AROUND 20 FEET FRIDAY
MORNING...BUT WILL BUILD RAPIDLY TO AROUND 35 FEET THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. BREAKERS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND
30 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND TO 25 FEET ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST
SURF WILL BE ON WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING COASTLINES
AVOID JETTIES AND OTHER EXPOSED STRUCTURES AS THESE WILL LIKELY
BE REGULARLY INUNDATED BY THE HEAVY SURF. THE HEAVY SURF WILL
MAKE EXPOSED BEACHES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AS WELL. RIP CURRENTS
AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION ARE LIKELY.
STAVISH
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