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Gale Warning 20, NWS Portland, OR

March 15, 2012

NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 15, 2012, 10:01 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 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: Mar 15, 2012, 10:01 AM PDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
In force: 7 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 Mar 15, 9:50 AM PDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 9:50 AM PDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 7:25 AM PDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:26 AM PDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 8:22 AM PDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 9:15 AM PDT, 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 4:05 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		29 hr
Mar 15, 6:53 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clatsop, Tillamook	51 hr
Mar 15, 9:58 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	17 hr
Mar 15, 11:43 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PQR	Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane, Lincoln, Polk and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 15, 12:09 PM PDT	Flood Watch	PQR		21 hr
Mar 15, 1:10 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lincoln	8 hr
Mar 15, 2:42 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton	17 hr
Mar 15, 7:30 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PQR	Wahkiakum	20 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Oregon, 2012 Every gale warning in 2012

Sources

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