A man was suspected of drowning in the ocean off the South Washington coast near the community of Seaview, Washington.
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The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A man was suspected of drowning in the ocean off the South Washington coast near the community of Seaview, Washington.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 3, 7:15 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 815 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2011 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK IN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK FOR DECREASING CLOUDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY LINGER INTO FRIDAY FOR INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW AND COOLING AND POSSIBLY SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AGAIN NEXT WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS MOST IF NOT ALL THE MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER HAS ALL BUT DISSIPATED THIS EVENING FOR BEAUTIFULLY CLEAR SKIES. AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...CLEAR SKIES SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY OTHERWISE LOOK FOR A LOT MORE SUNSHINE ON MONDAY AFTER A COOL START MONDAY MORNING. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL IN TO THE 40S AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AGAIN DUE TO THE CLEARING SKIES. AFTERNOON TEMPS INLAND ON MONDAY WILL BE CLOSE TO 80 AGAIN...MUCH LIKE FRIDAY...AND EVEN NICE THOUGH BREEZY ON THE COAST. NOT MUCH CHANGE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EXCEPT TEMPS INLAND WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO THE MID 80S. THE COAST MAY START TO SEE A LITTLE MORE LOW CLOUDS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AT LEAST IN THE NORTH. TOLLESON/BROWN .LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...THE MAIN CHANGES ARE LOOKING TO BE THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY THIS WEEK. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE COMING INTO MORE OF AN AGREEMENT ON A BIT STRONGER UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. THE ECMWF MODEL IS THE STRONGEST...THE WAFFLING GFS MODEL IS THE WEAKEST...AND THE CANADIAN MODEL IS IN BETWEEN. IN CONCERT WITH OUR NEIGHBORING OFFICES HAVE ADDED MORE CLOUD COVER...LOWERED TEMPS AND ADDED SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT NEXT WEEKEND IS LOOKING MORE SEASONAL WITH A NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUD REGIME AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. TOLLESON && .AVIATION...VFR TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS PASSING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME PATCHY FOG OR LOW STRATUS IS POSSIBLE AT THE COAST IN THE MORNING. KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. && .MARINE....HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEK. THERMAL LOW PRESSURE IN N CA WILL BRING SMALL CRAFT WIND GUSTS AT TIMES...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY THIS WEEK. SEAS TO REMAIN UNDER 10 FT FOR THE WEEK. STRONG MORNING EBB CURRENTS THE NEXT TWO DAYS ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR...THOUGH SEAS LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW 10 FT WITH ANY BREAKERS POSSIBLE. && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS THROUGH 2 AM PDT MONDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM && MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA. L
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 443 AM PDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-041445- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 443 AM PDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A group gathering on the beach approximately one mile south of Seaview, Washington contacted Pacific County to report that a man had been in the water and was no longer in sight at 10:15 pm, Sunday. Pacific County launched two boats and the Coast Guard launched a boat and a helicopter to search for the man. The body was found the recovered the next day.
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