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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
238 AM PDT FRI MAY 9 2014

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
238 AM PDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25
  KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: 8 TO 9 FEET THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SHORT PERIODS OF 7 TO 9
  SECONDS WILL RESULT IN STEEP...HAZARDOUS WAVES.

* THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. THE MOST FAVORABLE PERIOD WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

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