A boy was injured as a sneaker wave lifted a log and rolled it on top of him.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A boy was injured as a sneaker wave lifted a log and rolled it on top of him.
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 Dec 24, 10:00 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1000 AM PST WED DEC 24 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE THROUGH OREGON
TODAY BRINGING A COLDER AIR MASS TO THE REGION. SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK
IN SHOWERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE A SHORT WAVE TROUGH BRINGS
ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THIS WEEKEND. COLDER AND
DRIER OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...A COLD FRONT PASSED SE THROUGH NW OREGON EARLY THIS
MORNING USHERING IN A COOLING AIR MASS WITH LOWERING SNOW LEVELS.
REPORTS THIS MORNING INDICATED WET SNOW WELL DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS
AS LOW AS 1000 FT AS A RESULT OF AN ISOTHERMAL TEMP PROFILE...BUT AS
AIR MASS MIXES MORE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD SEE SNOW LEVELS SETTLE UP
CLOSER TO 2000 FT. A SHORTWAVE SEEN ON SATELLITE PICTURES WAS
APPROACHING THE COAST THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO PUSH E
THROUGH THE REGION LATER TODAY. THE MAIN AREA OF STRATIFORM
PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WAS OVER THE SE HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY PUSH ESE
TODAY. A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE SEEN COMING DOWN THE BC COAST WILL
PROVIDE A BOOST TO THE SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE NW
FLOW.
REMAINDER OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...PERSISTENT NW WINDS WILL
MAINTAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WHERE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOW IS LIKELY FOR THE CASCADES BETWEEN 2500 AND 5000 FEET...AND AN
INCH FOR THE COAST RANGE ABOVE 2000 FEET. SHOWER CHANCES WILL BE
BEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT THE COAST AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS
WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AT TIMES.
THE SHOWERS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVER THE
PACIFIC NW...AND EXPECT THE SHOWERS TO END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
COAST FRIDAY AND BRING A RETURN OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT. TJ
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE
OVER THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NW THIS WEEKEND BRINGING LOW ELEVATION RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A COLDER AND
DRIER OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN DEVELOP SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND PERSIST
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. TJ
&&
.AVIATION...COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION NOW SE OF
KEUG. CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY IMPROVING TO VFR NW OF A KPDX-KMMV
LINE...WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR/LOCAL IFR ELSEWHERE. EXPECT SLOW
IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TODAY AS STEADY -RA THIS
MORNING GIVES WAY TO MORE SHOWERY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
AFTER 20Z...MOST OF THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE VFR WITH AREAS OF MVFR
IN -SHRA. ABOUT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
COAST N OF KTMK THIS AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP TONIGHT.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...GENERALLY LOW VFR CIGS TODAY...WITH BRIEF
PERIODS OF MVFR IN -SHRA. MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS LIKELY RETURN
AFTER 04Z THIS EVENING. WEAGLE
&&
.MARINE...FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH S ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS.
SURFACE HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE NE PAC WHILE A LOW DEVELOPS
OFF N CALIF. THIS WILL MAINTAIN DECENT PRES GRADIENT OVER THE NE
PAC CLOSE TO SHORE...WITH GUSTY N TO NW WINDS ON THE WATERS TODAY
THROUGH THU AM. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
SEAS ARE RUNNING AT 13 TO 16 FT IN THE COASTAL WATERS. EXPECT THIS
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE SEAS SLOWLY COME DOWN
THURSDAY. IT WILL LIKELY TAKE UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SEAS TO
SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FT.
MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER FOR FRI INTO SUN...WITH A FEW WEAK FRONTS
PUSHING ACROSS THE REGION. STILL...WINDS LOOK TO STAY WELL UNDER
20 KT. SEAS WILL DROP BACK A BIT...BUT OVERALL REMAIN IN 9 TO 12
FT RANGE THROUGH SUN. INCREASING HIGH PRES OVER INLAND PAC TO
START NEXT WEEK WILL BRING INCREASING E TO NE WINDS. WEAGLE/ROCKEY
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT
60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT
60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 6 PM
PST THURSDAY.
&&
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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.
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
A sneaker wave surprised some children who jumped on a log to avoid getting wet. The wave lifted the log which then rolled onto a 10 year old boy. The boy was seriously injured including bone fractures, collapsed lungs and a lacerated liver.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2014
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