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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
816 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
816 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT THIS
  MORNING. GUSTS TO 25 KT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS: SEAS NEAR 6 FT THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY
  MIDDAY...REACHING 10 TO 12 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  SEAS WILL LIKELY HOVER BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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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COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
816 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT THIS
  MORNING. GUSTS TO 30 KT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY.

* SEAS: SEAS NEAR 6 FT THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY
  MIDDAY...REACHING 10 TO 12 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  SEAS WILL LIKELY HOVER BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
816 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: SEAS NEAR 5 FT THIS MORNING INCREASING TO NEAR 10 FT
  BY THIS EVENING...LIKELY REMAINING NEAR 10 FT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* FIRST EBB: SEAS BUILDING TO NEAR 7 FT WITH THE EBB AROUND 230 PM
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* SECOND EBB: SEAS BUILDING TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY
  DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

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