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Gale Warning 44, NWS Portland, OR

December 27, 2011

NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2011, 2:11 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 27, 2011, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 37 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2011, 2:11 AM PST (10:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2011, 8:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 28, 2011, 8:41 PM PST
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Dec 26, 8:40 PM PST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 8:40 PM PST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:00 AM PST, 21 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
500 AM PST MON DEC 26 2011

ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-271600-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
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-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
500 AM PST MON DEC 26 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL FALL BELOW PASS LEVEL TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES...DROPPING OFF AS YOU
HEAD SOUTH INTO THE OREGON CASCADES.

WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG THE OREGON
AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...ESPECIALLY BEACHES AND HEADLANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 4000 FEET TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON
CASCADES...2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES.

A SERIES OF WARM AND WET SYSTEMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE PACIFIC NW
THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE ABOVE PASS LEVEL FOR THE MOST
PART. HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES...FOR THE COAST...AND ALSO INLAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. REPORTS OF SNOWFALL IN THE CASCADES
AND WINDS AT THE COAST WILL BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL TONIGHT.

KMD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:32 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningPQR38 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Oregon, 2011Every gale warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.