World · East Asia & Pacific · 8 hrs ago
Rough-sea warning issued for waters off South Korea’s southern coast
South Korea issued a rough-sea warning for the eastern outer waters of the South Sea, effective at 11 a.m.
on Nov.
10.
The warning was announced by the Korea Meteorological Administration.
A warning is already in force in nearby inner waters of the eastern South Sea.
Such warnings are issued when winds of at least 14 metres per second are expected to last for three hours or more, or waves of at least three metres are forecast.
The alert signals potentially hazardous sea conditions in the affected waters.
The warning applies from the stated time, and the available information gives no end time.
South Korea’s weather agency issued a rough-sea advisory for the outer waters of the eastern South Sea, effective at 11 a.m. on Nov. 10.
An advisory was already in effect for the inner distant waters of the eastern South Sea.
The agency issues such advisories when winds of at least 14 meters per second are expected to last three hours or more, or waves of at least 3 meters are expected.
- Who
- South Korea’s Korea Meteorological Administration.
- What
- It issued a rough-sea advisory for the outer waters of the eastern South Sea.
- When
- Effective at 11 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2026.
- Where
- The outer waters of the eastern South Sea, off South Korea’s southern coast.
- Why
- The agency issues advisories when winds of at least 14 meters per second are expected to last three hours or more, or waves of at least 3 meters are expected.
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A rough-sea advisory was already in effect for the inner distant waters of the eastern South Sea.
The advisory for the outer waters of the eastern South Sea took effect.
- Advisory area
- Outer waters of the eastern South Sea
- Effective time
- 11 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2026
- Wind threshold
- At least 14 meters per second for three hours or more
- Wave threshold
- At least 3 meters expected