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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2015, 3:03 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 7, 2015, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2015, 3:03 PM PST (23:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2015, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2015, 5:51 PM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WWUS76 KPQR 062303 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 303 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 WAZ021-071300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.151207T0100Z-151207T2300Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH 303 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD WITH THIS EVENT...WITH SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AFFECTING THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. BEACHES AND HEADLANDS WILL LIKELY SEE STRONGER WINDS...POSSIBLY GUSTING AS HIGH AS 75 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL START TO AFFECT THE BEACHES AND HEADLANDS AROUND 5 PM...POSSIBLY EASING A BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS LULL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RAPID AND MORE WIDESPREAD INCREASE IN WINDS MIDDAY MONDAY. * CONFIDENCE: MODERATE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 101. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ001-002-071300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.151207T0100Z-151207T2300Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE 303 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST OF OREGON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD WITH THIS EVENT...WITH SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AFFECTING THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. BEACHES AND HEADLANDS WILL LIKELY SEE STRONGER WINDS...POSSIBLY GUSTING AS HIGH AS 75 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THIS EVENING...REMAINING STRONG THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * CONFIDENCE: HIGH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...NEWPORT...FLORENCE... CAPE MEARES...SEA LION CAVES * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 101. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ020-071300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.151207T0100Z-151207T2300Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 303 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL LIKELY BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING...THEN AGAIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM MONDAY. * CONFIDENCE: MODERATE TO HIGH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: FRANCES * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ003-004-071300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.151207T0100Z-151207T2300Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 303 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF OREGON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * CONFIDENCE: HIGH FOR STRONG WINDS ON COAST RANGE RIDGES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUNSET SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 26...LEES CAMP ALONG HIGHWAY 6...BLODGETT...VERNONIA * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-071300- /O.NEW.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.151207T1400Z-151208T0200Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL 303 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM MONDAY. * CONFIDENCE: MODERATE TO HIGH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORTLAND...VANCOUVER...HILLSBORO...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ WEAGLE
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527 WWUS76 KPQR 070511 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 911 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 WAZ021-071100- /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T1100Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH 911 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST MONDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND TO 70 MPH AT HEADLANDS AND BEACHES. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RAYMOND...LONG BEACH * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ020-071100- /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T1100Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 911 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST MONDAY FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...WINDIEST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ001-002-071415- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE 911 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST OF OREGON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ON BEACHES AND HEADLANDS...BUT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT...MAY WEAKEN SOME MONDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 101. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ003-004-071415- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 911 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF OREGON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT...MAY WEAKEN SOME MONDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-071415- /O.CON.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.151207T1400Z-151208T0200Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL 911 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM MONDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
509 WWUS76 KPQR 071023 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 223 AM PST MON DEC 7 2015 WAZ021-080000- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.W.0013.151207T1900Z-151208T0000Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH 223 AM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A NEW HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND TO 65 MPH AT HEADLANDS AND BEACHES. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RAYMOND...LONG BEACH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ020-080000- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.W.0013.151207T1900Z-151208T0000Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 223 AM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A NEW HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ001-002-072300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE 223 AM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COASTS... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: BEACHES AND HEADLANDS...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. COASTAL COMMUNITIES...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 101. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ003-004-072300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 223 AM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...STRONGEST IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-080200- /O.CON.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.151207T1400Z-151208T0200Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL 223 AM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREAS...AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
806 WWUS76 KPQR 072028 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ORZ011-013-080000- /O.EXA.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OAKRIDGE 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS. EXPOSED LOCATIONS ABOVE TREELINE WILL EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH. * IMPACTS: DOWN TREES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GOVERNMENT CAMP...SANTIAM AND WILLAMETTE PASSES. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ021-080000- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND TO 65 MPH AT HEADLANDS AND BEACHES. * TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RAYMOND...LONG BEACH * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ001-002-072300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON COAST... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: BEACHES AND HEADLANDS...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. COASTAL COMMUNITIES...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 3 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 101. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ020-080000- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 3 PM. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ003-004-072300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: THROUGH 3 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-080200- /O.CON.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL 1228 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
886 WWUS76 KPQR 072039 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 WAZ021-080000- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND TO 65 MPH AT HEADLANDS AND BEACHES. * TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RAYMOND...LONG BEACH * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ001-002-072300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON COASTS... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: BEACHES AND HEADLANDS...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. COASTAL COMMUNITIES...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 3 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 101. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ020-080000- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 3 PM. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ003-004-072300- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: THROUGH 3 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ011-013-080000- /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OAKRIDGE 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS. EXPOSED LOCATIONS ABOVE TREELINE WILL EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH. * IMPACTS: DOWN TREES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GOVERNMENT CAMP...SANTIAM AND WILLAMETTE PASSES. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-080200- /O.CON.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL 1239 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
455 WWUS76 KPQR 072236 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ORZ001-002-072345- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151207T2300Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON COASTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ WAZ021-072345- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COASTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ WAZ019-080200- /O.EXB.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MOUNT ST. HELENS 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS. EXPOSED LOCATIONS ABOVE TREELINE WILL EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH. * IMPACTS: DOWN TREES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT ST. HELENS * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ020-080200- /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WILLAPA HILLS... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. * TIMING: THROUGH 6 PM. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ003-004-080200- /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ011-013-080200- /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OAKRIDGE 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS. EXPOSED LOCATIONS ABOVE TREELINE WILL EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH. * IMPACTS: DOWN TREES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GOVERNMENT CAMP...SANTIAM PASS AND WILLAMETTE PASS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-080400- /O.EXT.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151208T0400Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL 236 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 8 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD... CORVALLIS...ALBANY...LEBANON...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ISOLATED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALIZED BLOCKAGE OF ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
955 WWUS76 KPQR 080151 NPWPQR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ORZ003-004-081200- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.A.0011.151208T1200Z-151209T1200Z/ COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH PROBABLE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA * IMPACTS: WIDELY SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ORZ011-013-WAZ019-081200- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.A.0011.151208T1800Z-151209T1200Z/ NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKRIDGE...MOUNT ST. HELENS 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS. LOCATIONS ABOVE TREELINE WILL EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS OF 80 TO 100 MPH. * TIMING: MIDDAY TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GOVERNMENT CAMP...SANTIAM PASS AND WILLAMETTE PASS. * IMPACTS: WIDELY SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ020-081200- /O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151208T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.A.0011.151208T1200Z-151209T0000Z/ WILLAPA HILLS- 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH PROBABLE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COAST RANGE VALLEYS. * TIMING: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: WIDELY SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ORZ006>008-WAZ039-080300- /O.CAN.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151208T0400Z/ GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ WAZ021-081200- /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.A.0011.151208T1200Z-151209T0000Z/ SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * COASTAL COMMUNITIES: 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * BEACHES AND HEADLANDS: 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RAYMOND...LONG BEACH * IMPACTS: WIDELY SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ORZ001-002-081200- /O.NEW.KPQR.HW.A.0011.151208T1200Z-151209T1200Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE 551 PM PST MON DEC 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COASTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * COASTAL COMMUNITIES: 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * BEACHES AND HEADLANDS: 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...FLORENCE * IMPACTS: WIDELY SCATTERED POWER DISRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SOME ROADS DUE TO DAMAGED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 6, 10:39 AM PST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 10:39 AM PST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1037 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2015
.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL
CONTINUE TO LASH SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY SURF FOR MUCH OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. THE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT STEADY RAIN TO THE REGION
LAST NIGHT IS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE NEXT STRONG
SYSTEM IS ALREADY APPROACHING THE OREGON COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL
SPREAD MORE RAIN ONSHORE BY TONIGHT...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY AS A
SECOND DISTURBANCE QUICKLY FOLLOWS. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AND WINDS MAY
BE STRONG...EVEN INLAND. ADDITIONAL WET AND WINDY SYSTEMS ARE
EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH SURF CAN BE EXPECTED AT
TIMES ALONG THE COAST. IT IS APPEARING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT THERE
WILL BE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING...ALTHOUGH THE DETAILS ON
EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN REMAIN A BIT UNCERTAIN.
&&
.MORNING UPDATE...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE FRONT WHICH
BROUGHT STEADY RAIN TO MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT IS RACING
OFF TO THE EAST...ENTERING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT
GENERAL 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...
THOUGH SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES RECEIVED 1-
2 INCHES AND LOCALLY MORE. TIDEWATER RAWS AND JUNE LAKE SNOTEL
APPEAR TO BE THE BIG WINNERS...REPORTING 24 HR RAINFALL OF 2.64 AND
2.70 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. THIS RAIN IS JUST AN APPETIZER FOR WHAT IS
TO FOLLOW THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
MODEL CONSENSUS CONTINUES TO SHOW A SIGNIFICANT ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
EVENT IMPACTING SW WASHINGTON AND NW OREGON LATER TODAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE TRANS-PACIFIC ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER IS ALREADY TAKING SHAPE...WITH A PLUME OF 1.25 INCH-PLUS
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXTENDING FROM NEAR 130W ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE PHILIPPINES. A STRONG AND CONSOLIDATED PACIFIC JET...ON THE
ORDER OF 175 KT PER 12Z GOES-DERIVED WINDS...IS SERVING AS THE
CONDUIT FOR THIS MOISTURE TO LINK UP WITH VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC. THE MOISTURE AND ENERGY ARE
THERE FOR A MAJOR RAIN EVENT FOR THE FORECAST AREA AS A WAVY
BAROCLINIC ZONE SETS UP OVER THE REGION.
THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE DETERMINING HOW LONG THE AXIS OF STRONGEST
INTEGRATED VAPOR TRANSPORT STAYS IN ANY ONE LOCATION. BASED ON 12Z
GFS...IT APPEARS THE MAIN IVT AXIS WILL WIGGLE A BIT NORTH AND SOUTH
AS SHORTWAVES RACE THROUGH THE AREA. CONFIDENCE ON TIMING OR STRENGTH
ON ANY OF THESE WAVES IS FAIRLY LOW GIVEN THE SPEED OF THE PACIFIC
JET...AND HOW SMALL ERRORS CAN GROW DRAMATICALLY WITHIN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.
AT THE MOMENT IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE TWO MAIN SURGES OF MOISTURE
AHEAD...ONE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...THEN ANOTHER TUE/TUE NIGHT.
EACH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING 3-7 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE
HIGHER TERRAIN AND 1-2 INCHES FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS...WITH SHOWERS
CONTINUING IN BETWEEN. BASED ON 4 KM UW WRF-GFS...AS WELL AS SOME
INPUT FROM THE 12Z NAM/ECMWF...10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR
FEASIBLE IN SOME OF OUR WETTEST SPOTS BY WED MORNING...WITH 2 TO 5
INCHES IN THE INLAND VALLEYS. THIS IS VERY LIKELY ENOUGH TO CAUSE
SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS...AND WILL LIKELY EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH TO
COVER MORE AREA AS A RESULT.
AS FOR WINDS...SOUTH TO NORTH PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE ALREADY OPENING
UP A LITTLE...EVIDENCED BY THE 20-30 MPH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS FOR THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY. LITTLE HAS CHANGED FOR THE FORECAST TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING...AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING APPEARS ON TRACK FOR GUSTS
65-75 MPH ALONG THE COAST AND COAST RANGE. IT WILL BE CLOSE AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY WILL NEED A WIND ADVISORY
TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH 12Z NAM 950 MB WINDS OF 45 KT+ IT APPEARS
GUSTS 35-45 MPH ARE LIKELY MON MORNING. A SIMILAR WIND EVENT APPEARS
TO BE ON TRACK FOR TUE. LOTS OF THINGS TO KEEP AN EYE ON...STAY
TUNED. WEAGLE
.SHORT TERM...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ONSHORE EARLY THIS MORNING AND
WINDS WERE FINALLY DECREASING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE
COAST. WINDS ALONG THE COAST WERE MAINLY AT THE HEADLANDS.
HOWEVER...THIS WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PERIOD OF STORM FORCE WINDS
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR COASTAL WATERS IN A WHILE. THESE WINDS
PUSHED SEAS INTO THE MID 20S...WITH BUOY 29 BRIEFLY REACHING 30 FT
SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE THROUGH
THE MORNING BEHIND THIS INITIAL SYSTEM.
THE NEXT STRONG AND MOIST SYSTEM IS HOT ON ITS HEELS...AND THE MODELS
INDICATE SOME RAIN MAY BEGIN SPREADING ONSHORE LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS ALONG
THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS...WITH FAIRLY WINDY
CONDITIONS SPREADING INTO THE VALLEYS AS WELL. THE ECMWF HAS A
STRONGER SURFACE LOW WITH THE SYSTEM TONIGHT THAN THE GFS MODEL DOES
AS IT HEADS INTO CENTRAL B.C. THE MODELS SAY THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY ANOTHER FAST MOVING AND STRONG LOW THAT MOVES INTO B.C. AGAIN...
WITH MORE RAIN AND WIND FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON.
MODEL QPFS SUGGEST RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 5 INCHES OR MORE IN
THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND CASCADES OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND FAR
NORTHWEST OREGON FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH TO
BRING SOME RIVERS TO FLOOD STAGE...AND A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
PARTS OF THE AREA.
THE MODELS SAY THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL SAG ANOTHER WARM FRONT INTO THE
AREA MONDAY NIGHT...THEN THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO OUR
FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AND LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING
EAST LATER WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF COPIOUS
RAINFALL THAT WILL THREATEN FLOODING...AS WELL AS MORE WIND...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.
COOL AIR REMAINS IN EASTERN SKAMANIA COUNTY THIS MORNING...AND WILL
CONTINUE THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE AREA NEAR MOUNT ADAMS AND TROUT
LAKE THIS MORNING. THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE SNOW LEVEL MAY NOT
CLIMB MUCH UNTIL LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SO THERE COULD BE ONE
MORE ROUND OF SNOW THIS EVENING IN THAT AREA. TOLLESON
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT AN
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AS A
RESULT...POPS WERE GENERALLY PLACED NEAR TO ABOVE CLIMO FOR MOST OF
THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MODELS REMAIN INSISTENT THAT A WARM FRONT WILL
SPREAD RAIN INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT...WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF BREAK
IN THE WET WEATHER AT SOME POINT TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT DROPPING
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BRING A
PERIOD OF HEAVIER RAIN TO THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN IN A 6 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD APPEAR POSSIBLE IN THE COAST RANGE AND
CASCADES DURING THIS TIME...WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PUSH SOME
RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE GIVEN THE RAINS THAT WILL HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN FROM THE SUNDAY/MONDAY STORM SYSTEM. LOWERING SNOW LEVELS
BEHIND THE TUESDAY NIGHT FRONT SHOULD BRING SOME SNOW TO THE CASCADES
ON WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ABOVE 4000-5000 FT. MODELS ALSO
CONTINUE TO HINT THAT AN ADDITIONAL SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW AND POSSIBLY
SOME WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IN DETAILS REMAINS LOW GIVEN MODEL
DISCREPANCIES. COOLER SHOWERY WEATHER WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR TO BELOW
CASCADE PASSES APPEAR LIKELY TO LINGER INTO NEXT WEEKEND. /NEUMAN
&&
.AVIATION...A WARM FRONT SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE REGION
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN THE PREDOMINANTLY VFR
CONDITIONS CURRENTLY FOUND ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TO TREND
TOWARDS PREDOMINANTLY MVFR CONDITIONS TOWARDS 06Z TO 12Z MONDAY.
COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF IFR
CONDITIONS DEVELOP TOWARDS 09Z TO 18Z MONDAY...ESPECIALLY AT KONP.
STRONG SOUTH WIND GUSTS OF 50 KT APPEAR PROBABLE AT COASTAL TAF
SITES BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 09Z TO 12Z MONDAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AROUND THIS TIME
FRAME...BUT THESE WINDS SHOULD HELP KEEP CONDITIONS GENERALLY IN THE
MVFR/VFR MIX. KHIO WILL STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF THE INTERIOR TAF
SITES TO EXPERIENCE IFR CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...A WARM FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL
RESULT IN GRADUALLY LOWERING CIGS TODAY WITH STEADIER RAIN ARRIVING
BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z MONDAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD EVENTUALLY DETERIORATE
INTO MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...LIKELY AROUND 06Z MONDAY. SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP CONDITIONS FROM
DETERIORATING FURTHER INTO IFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 09Z AND 18Z
MONDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT TERRIBLY HIGH THAT THE TERMINAL WILL
NOT SEE A PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS EITHER. /NEUMAN
&&
.MARINE...A SERIES OF STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND FOR A VERY STORMY
PERIOD WITH ONLY BRIEF BREAKS BETWEEN SYSTEMS.
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE EASED SOME THIS MORNING BUT A WARM FRONT IS
APPROACHING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL IMPACT THE WATERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR LATE
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING
STORM FORCE WINDS WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT...BUT WITH AN EASTERLY
GRADIENT...WITH THE LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE...THE WINDS RIGHT ALONG
THE COASTLINE WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS A FEW MILES OFFSHORE. THE
DIFFICULT PART OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE TIMING OF A FRONTAL
WAVE SHOWN ON THE MODELS LATER TONIGHT. THIS ALLOWS THE FRONT TO
SLIP SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS
WITH WINDS EASING. HOWEVER... THE FRONT WILL STALL AROUND ASTORIA
AND EVEN LIFT NORTH A LITTLE AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. THE
GRADIENT THEN SHIFTS TO MORE SOUTHERLY AND THIS ALLOWS THE
STRONGER WINDS TO REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE BEACHES MONDAY MORNING.
MODELS INDICATE WINDS SHOULD DROP BELOW STORM FORCE LATER MONDAY
AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE OREGON CENTRAL COASTAL
WATERS AND WINDS EASING CONSIDERABLY OVER THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND
NORTH OREGON COASTAL WATERS.
SEAS ARE NEAR THEIR LOWEST POINT TODAY AND WILL BEGIN TO BUILD
THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE GETTING MORE OF A WESTERLY SWELL THIS
AFTERNOON AND ON TOP OF THAT WE WILL SEE INCREASING SOUTHWEST
SWELL TONIGHT AS THE STORM FORCE WINDS DEVELOP. ENP/WW3 MODEL HAS
BEEN RUNNING LOW AND THE NEAR SHORE WAVE PREDICTION SYSTEM (NWPS)
HAS PERFORMED BETTER. NWPS IS INDICATING COMBINED SEAS PEAKING
AROUND 32 TO 33 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE OUTER WATERS AND NEAR 30
FEET OVER THE NORTH INNER WATERS. EVEN THIS MAY BE UNDERDONE AND I
WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
AS THE WESTERLY SWELL INCREASES TONIGHT SEAS ON COLUMBIA RIVER
BAR WILL BE INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS REACHING 25 FT MONDAY MORNING.
THERE WILL BE BREAKERS DURING THE EBBS WHICH WILL ACTUALLY KEEP
THE OVERALL WAVE HEIGHTS FROM INCREASING FURTHER DURING THE
EBBS...A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION.
THE WESTERLY SWELL WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE DURING THE LOWER PART OF
THE TIDAL CYCLE SO COASTAL FLOODING DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN
ISSUE MONDAY...BUT WE MAY HAVE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IN THE
ESTUARIES WITH HIGHER RIVER FLOWS IMPEDING THE OUTFLOW ON MONDAY.
A LARGER SWELL WILL ARRIVE FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA ON
WEDNESDAY. WITH INCREASING TIDES AND AN INCREASING TIDAL
ANOMALY DUE TO THE LONG FETCH OF STORMS PUSHING THE WATER UP
ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE OF
COASTAL FLOODING AND AT A MINIMUM HIGH SURF WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER WARM FRONT WILL MOVE IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT. CURRENTLY A BRIEF BREAK
APPEARS TO BE AROUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG LOW DEVELOPS IN
THE GULF AND MOVES TOWARD VANCOUVER ISLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY THEN A POSSIBLE BREAK UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM PST MONDAY
FOR CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON
COAST-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-NORTH OREGON COAST.
FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-NORTH OREGON COAST.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST MONDAY
FOR CENTRAL OREGON COAST-NORTH OREGON COAST.
WA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM PST MONDAY
FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-WILLAPA HILLS.
FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-WILLAPA HILLS.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST MONDAY
FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON PST TODAY FOR SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADES.
PZ...STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM PST MONDAY FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 4 PM
PST MONDAY.
&&
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FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2:24 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 39 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:47 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PQR | 22 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:47 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PQR | 46 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:47 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PQR | 70 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:48 AM PST | Gale Warning | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:48 AM PST | Storm Warning | PQR | 36 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.