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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this high surf advisory at Feb 17, 2012, 8:24 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2012, 8:24 AM PST (16:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2012, 12:00 AM PST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Feb 17, 2:48 AM PST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 2:48 AM PST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:21 AM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 421 AM PST FRI FEB 17 2012 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-181415- 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- 421 AM PST FRI FEB 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL REACH THE CASCADE PASSES THIS EVENING AND LOWER TO THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE COAST RANGE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW TOTALS COULD NEAR A FOOT IN THE HIGHER CASCADES...AND CLOSE TO 6 INCHES IN THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE COAST RANGE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH STRONGER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. COLD CORE FUNNELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...VERY HIGH SURF WILL HIT THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COASTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SEAS APPROACHING 25 FT OR SO...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. PZZ210-250-255-270-275-181415- 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- 421 AM PST FRI FEB 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GALE WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 4:17 AM PST, 4 hours 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:31 PM PST | Gale Warning | PQR | 46 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:47 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:47 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 17, 1:36 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 31 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.