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Gale Warning 8, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 13, 2011, 2:31 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 14, 2011, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2011, 2:31 AM PST (10:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2011, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2011, 2:40 PM PST
- In force
- 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 Feb 12, 8:59 PM PST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 8:59 PM PST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 5:42 AM PST, 20 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 542 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ORZ001-002-WAZ021-131645- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- 542 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN LATER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THAT COULD REACH 60 TO 65 MPH ON THE OPEN BEACHES AND EXPOSED COASTAL HEADLANDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY. ORZ003>009-WAZ020-022-023-039-040-131645- 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- WILLAPA HILLS-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 542 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY. ORZ010>014-WAZ019-131645- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- 542 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS FROM 6000 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING DOWN TO 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING. SOME ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...BUT HEAVIEST WILL FALL WELL ABOVE THE PASSES WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE NEXT STRONG SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH MORE RAIN AND SNOW. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...COLDER AIR AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PUSH INTO THE CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL PLUMMET DOWN TO 2000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PZZ210-250-255-270-275-131645- COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 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- 542 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG FRONT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. SEE PDXCWFPQR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER STRONG FRONT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SOUTHERLY GALES MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 7:45 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 4 hr | |
| Feb 12, 7:45 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 19 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:31 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 13, 9:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 4 hr | |
| Feb 13, 1:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Feb 13, 1:15 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:40 PM PST | Gale Warning | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:40 PM PST | Storm Watch | PQR | 6 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.