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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Portland, OR

November 16, 2009

NWS Portland, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2009, 9:37 AM PST. It took effect at Nov 16, 2009, 2:41 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 2009, 9:37 AM PST (17:37 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 16, 2009, 2:41 PM PST
Expired: Nov 16, 2009, 11:12 PM PST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Nov 16, 9:05 AM PST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 9:05 AM PST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 5:38 AM PST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
538 AM PST MON NOV 16 2009

ORZ001>003-WAZ020-021-171400-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
538 AM PST MON NOV 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...
WITH A HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS AND COAST
RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON. SOUTH WIND GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...STRONGEST NEAR BEACHES AND HEADLANDS.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE
COAST...FOR SEAS OF 23 TO 27 FT.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON
COAST FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...FOR MINOR TIDAL
OVERFLOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. ANOTHER STORM AROUND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BRING HIGH WINDS
TO THE COAST AGAIN.

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
THE COAST.

THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND ARE ENCOURAGED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPOTTER REPORTS OF TIDAL OVERFLOW CONDITIONS ARE ENCOURAGED
THROUGH TONIGHT.

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-171400-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
538 AM PST MON NOV 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CASCADES OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BRING SNOW AT TIMES TO THE CASCADES DURING
THE WEEK...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AMOUNTS
LATER IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

ORZ004>010-012-014-WAZ022-023-039-040-171400-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
538 AM PST MON NOV 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE VALLEYS WEST OF THE CASCADES
TONIGHT...FOR SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND ARE ENCOURAGED THROUGH TONIGHT.

PZZ250-255-270-275-171400-
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-
538 AM PST MON NOV 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...FOR SOUTH
WINDS OF 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

GALE FORCE OR STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN AROUND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 7:55 AM PST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
755 AM PST MON NOV 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0612 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 WSW OYSTERVILLE       46.54N 124.06W
11/16/2009  M59 MPH          PACIFIC            WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH, WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN THE
            MID 50S

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TBROWN

Local storm report, Nov 16, 8:43 AM PST, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 16, 8:52 AM PST, 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 6:37 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR	44 hr
Nov 15, 6:37 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR	44 hr
Nov 16, 12:11 PM PST	Flood Watch	PQR	15 hr

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