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Gale Warning 44, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Nov 17, 2012, 2:34 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 18, 2012, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 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
- Nov 17, 2012, 2:34 PM PST (22:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2012, 4:30 PM PST
- In force
- 11 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 Nov 17, 8:57 AM PST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 8:57 AM PST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 5:35 AM PST, 8 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 535 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012 ORZ003>014-WAZ019-020-022-023-039-040-181645- 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-I- 5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 535 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND AREAS 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 A SERIES OF STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING ON SMALLER RIVERS AND DRAINAGES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT IF THE RAIN BECOMES HEAVY ENOUGH. A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...SEE PDXESFPQR OR LOOK ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...SEE PDXSPSPQR OR LOOK ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ001-002-PZZ210-WAZ021-181645- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- 535 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SERIES OF STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING ON SMALLER RIVERS AND DRAINAGES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT IF THE RAIN BECOMES HEAVY ENOUGH. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN A SECOND AND EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WIND IS EXPECTED MONDAY. WINDS MONDAY MAY BE THE STRONGEST WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON. A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...SEE PDXESFPQR OR LOOK ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...SEE PDXSPSPQR OR LOOK ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PZZ250-255-270-275-181645- 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- 535 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS...VISIT WEATHER.GOV .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 17, 2:13 PM PST, 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:09 AM PST | Gale Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:12 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:34 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:34 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 15 hr |
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