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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Portland, OR

January 16, 2012

NWS Portland, OR issued this high wind watch at Jan 16, 2012, 4:20 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2012, 4:20 AM PST (12:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 16, 2012, 1:32 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 wind watch went out at Jan 16, 4:00 AM PST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 4:00 AM PST, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 5:41 AM PST, 22 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	Lasted
Jan 16, 3:25 AM PST	Gale Watch	PQR	11 hr
Jan 16, 3:25 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	PQR	27 hr
Jan 16, 3:25 AM PST	Storm Watch	PQR	11 hr
Jan 16, 4:43 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR	35 hr
Jan 16, 4:43 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR	58 hr
Jan 16, 6:38 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	51 hr
Jan 16, 1:31 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	44 hr
Jan 16, 1:32 PM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR	50 hr
Jan 16, 2:52 PM PST	Storm Warning	PQR	42 hr

Nearby

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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.