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Gale Warning 45, NWS Portland, OR

November 20, 2012

NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Nov 20, 2012, 3:20 AM PST. It took effect at Nov 20, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 20 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 20, 2012, 3:20 AM PST (11:20 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 20, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
Expired: Nov 21, 2012, 3:00 AM PST
In force: 20 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 20, 3:17 AM PST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 3:17 AM PST, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 19, 6:00 PM PST, 9 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 19, 9:41 PM PST, 5 hours 39 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
Nov 19, 4:06 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lincoln	11 hr
Nov 19, 7:45 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton	16 hr
Nov 19, 8:10 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton, Lincoln	7 hr
Nov 19, 9:08 PM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		6 hr
Nov 19, 9:08 PM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		13 hr
Nov 19, 10:30 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lane	5 hr
Nov 19, 11:33 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	PQR	Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion and 4 more	8 hr
Nov 20, 3:20 AM PST	Gale Watch	PQR		11 hr
Nov 20, 3:34 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR		6 hr
Nov 20, 4:11 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clackamas	7 hr
Nov 20, 5:03 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		3 hr
Nov 20, 5:32 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton, Polk	31 hr
Nov 20, 2:20 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		27 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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