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High Wind Watch 20, NWS Portland, OR

December 15, 2012

NWS Portland, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 15, 2012, 3:32 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2012, 3:32 AM PST (11:32 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 15, 2012, 2:08 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 Dec 15, 2:47 AM PST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 2:47 AM PST, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 5:26 AM PST, 22 hours 6 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
Dec 15, 3:02 AM PST	Storm Watch	PQR	12 hr
Dec 15, 2:08 PM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR	13 hr
Dec 15, 2:08 PM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR	42 hr
Dec 15, 2:20 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR	13 hr
Dec 15, 2:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	PQR	18 hr
Dec 15, 2:50 PM PST	Storm Warning	PQR	39 hr
Dec 15, 2:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	PQR	18 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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