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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Portland, OR

September 24, 20268 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington

NWS Portland, OR issued this wind advisory at Sep 24, 2026, 9:47 AM PDT for 8 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Sep 25, 2026, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2026, 9:47 AM PDT (16:47 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2026, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR

Counties Clackamas County, OR, Columbia County, OR, Hood River County, OR, Marion County, OR, Multnomah County, OR, Polk County, OR, Washington County, OR, Yamhill County, OR, Clark County, WA, Cowlitz County, WA, Pacific County, WA, Skamania County, WA, Wahkiakum County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2026-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2026-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 1:29 AM PDTGale WarningPQR36 hr
Sep 24, 1:12 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningPQR28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.