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Gale Watch 16, NWS Portland, OR

October 19, 2021

NWS Portland, OR issued this gale watch at Oct 19, 2021, 7:28 PM PDT. It took effect at Oct 20, 2021, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 19, 2021, 7:28 PM PDT (02:28 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 20, 2021, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2021, 10:25 AM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Oct 19, 3:44 PM PDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 3:44 PM PDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 5:48 PM PDT, 1 hour 40 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
Oct 20, 10:25 AM PDT	Gale Warning	PQR		34 hr
Oct 20, 10:25 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	PQR		9 days
Oct 20, 2:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Clark	19 min
Oct 20, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Skamania	26 min

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.