A teenager and a man were swept out into the ocean by a rip current. The man made it back safely to shore.
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The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A teenager and a man were swept out into the ocean by a rip current. The man made it back safely to shore. The teen was rescued by the North Lincoln Fire and Rescue.
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 20, 1:39 PM PST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
239 PM PDT MON JUL 20 2015
.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN
LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL MAINTAIN ONSHORE FLOW AND
INCREASE THE INLAND INTRUSION OF MARINE CLOUDS EACH NIGHT...RESULTING
IN NEAR NORMAL INLAND TEMPERATURES. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SLIGHT WARMING ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MAY MOVE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.SHORT TERM...CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED QUICKLY INLAND LATE THIS
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON..BUT HAVE BEEN SLOW TO CLEAR ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST. ONSHORE WINDS WILL PREVENT SOME OF THE COASTAL AREAS
FROM CLEARING OR MINIMIZE THE LENGTH OF TIME OF CLEARING THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR ENTRANCE AND
NORTHWARD. ONSHORE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS OVER THE OCEAN AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE REMAINS
EAST OF THE CASCADES. THIS WILL BRING THE MARINE CLOUDS OFFSHORE UP
AGAINST THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST WILL SLOWLY SAG
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL SUPPORT A COOLER AIRMASS AND A
DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER...ALLOWING THE MARINE CLOUDS TO MOVE
FURTHER INLAND TUESDAY MORNING. A WEAK BOUNDARY...A DECAYING FRONT
MAY GENERATE SOME DRIZZLE ALONG THE COAST AND NORTHERN AREAS TUESDAY
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
SOLAR RADIATION SHOULD RESULT IN SOME CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT
NW-N WINDS MAY KEEP SOME STRATO CU OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO THE
LATE AFTERNOON. THE CLOUDIER SKIES AND COOLER ENVIRONMENT WILL RESULT
IN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SEASONAL NORMAL...WHICH WILL BE
MUCH COOLER THEN THE TEMPERATURES OF LATE. THE INLAND DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY WILL BE AROUND 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN THEY
WERE ON SUNDAY.
TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE SIMILAR AS TONIGHT WITH A DEEP MARINE
INTRUSION...AND POSSIBLY SOME DRIZZLE WED MORNING. SHOWERS ARE NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS
SLOWLY MOVES OVER THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS FROM ANY SHOWERS WILL BE
LIGHT...AND BARELY NOTICEABLE. ANOTHER DEEP MARINE LAYER IS IN STORE
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE UPPER TROUGH SHOULD
PUSH EAST OF THE CASCADES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A SHORTWAVE UPPER
RIDGE MOVES IN. TJ
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FORECAST MODELS REMAIN
IN MODERATE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BY LATE THURSDAY
THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SHIFT ONSHORE AND ACROSS THE CASCADES
WHILE THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW SLIDES SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA
AND TOWARDS THE B.C. COAST. WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE AREA FOR FRIDAY IN BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS...AND ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO RISE A FEW DEGREES FOR LIKELY THE WARMEST DAY OF THE
LONG TERM PERIOD. MARINE CLOUDS INCREASE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES DOWN THE PACIFIC COAST FROM THE NORTH
WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT PUSHING ONSHORE ON SATURDAY.
INCREASED POPS A LITTLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA...DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SATURDAY IN A BLEND OF
THE TIMING OF THE GFS/ECMWF. HOWEVER..THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A
PARTICULARLY POTENT OR MOIST SYSTEM...SO DID KEEP MENTION OF POPS
RESTRICTED TO THE COAST AND NORTHERN LOCATIONS AND ONLY AROUND 20
PERCENT. SOLUTIONS IN THE FORECAST MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE A BIT
MORE SUBSTANTIALLY BY SUNDAY...WITH THE GFS KEEPING THE UPPER TROUGH
MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK...WHILE
THE ECMWF FAVORS A FASTER MOVING UPPER LOW AND SUBSEQUENT
REDEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NW. THIS ECMWF
SOLUTION LOOKS TO BE A BIT OF AN OUTLIER AMONG THE ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS...SO WILL FAVOR THE MORE SLOWLY EVOLVING PATTERN...WHICH
KEEPS TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 80S FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY FOR
THE START TO NEXT WEEK. CULLEN
&&
.AVIATION...MVFR STRATUS ALONG THE NORTH COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH
TUE. MVFR STRATUS ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...AREAS SOUTH OF KTMK COULD SEE A FEW HOURS
OF VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS INCREASING WINDS ALLOW THE
MARINE STRATUS TO DISSIPATE. MVFR TO IFR CIGS RETURN TO THE
CENTRAL COAST TONIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF IFR VSBY POSSIBLE EARLY
TUE MORNING. CONDITIONS LOOK TO BECOME VFR FOR A FEW HOURS TUE
AFTERNOON.
INTERIOR SITES WILL CONTINUE TO SEE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TUE
MORNING. MVFR STRATUS BETWEEN 1500 TO 2500 FT RETURNS TUE MORNING
AND WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL INTERIOR TAF SITES. INLAND STRATUS WILL
DISSIPATE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH CONDITIONS TURNING VFR BY 18Z.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH TUE MORNING.
MVFR STRATUS AROUND 2000 FT RETURNS AROUND 10Z. VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED DO DEVELOP BY 18Z. /64
&&
.MARINE...HIGH PRES OVER THE NE PAC AND A THERMAL TROUGH OVER
S OREGON WILL PERSIST THROUGH WED. THIS WILL BRING THE TYPICAL
SUMMERTIME NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WIND PATTERN. WINDS INCREASE
TUE AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL OREGON WATERS AS THE THERMAL TROUGH
PUSHES FURTHER INTO S OREGON. AS SUCH DECIDED TO ISSUE A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW PRES MAY DROP
SOUTH FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA ON THU. IF THIS HAPPENS WE WILL
LIKELY SEE A SOUTHERLY WIND REVERSAL THU MORNING THAT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TURNING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST ON
FRI. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN DUE TO THE
SPREAD IN THE OPERATIONAL AND ENSEMBLE MODELS. THE CURRENT WIND
FORECAST REFLECTS A BLEND OF THE VARIOUS MODELS THAT HAVE SHOWN
CONSISTENCY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
SEAS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 6 FT THROUGH THE WEEK WITH
A FRESH SWELL OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. /64
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
PDT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD OR TO
FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.
&&
INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
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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.1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A teen was wading in the ocean when he was swept out to see, and was unable to make it back to shore. His friend tried to save him, and also got swept out to sea, but was able to make it back to shore. The teen struggled for more than 10 minutes in the water before a local fire crew rescued him and took him to the hospital.
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