Two teenagers were swimming in the ocean near Seaside and swept out to sea. Both were rescued, but one died at the hospital.
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.
Two teenagers were swimming in the ocean near Seaside and swept out to sea. Both were rescued, but one died at the hospital.
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 21, 1:38 PM PST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Portland OR 238 PM PDT Thu Jul 21 2016 .SYNOPSIS...An upper level low pressure area off the South Oregon Coast early this afternoon will track northeast this evening through Friday. The low is expected to be centered over Southwest Washington late tonight then shift to Eastern Washington by Friday afternoon. There wil be a threat of thunderstorms for the Cascades, foothills and portions of the north interior lowlands late this afternoon through the evening. High pressure strengthens over the weekend with daytime temperatures returning to seasonal normals. High pressure holds through much of next week, which will result in slightly above-normal afternoon temperatures, especially Thursday and Friday. && .SHORT TERM (Tonight through Sunday)...Water vapor imagery early this afternoon shows a complex upper trough in the Northeast Pacific. The primary low center was located near 42N 127W as of 20Z. A second, but weaker circulation was noted just west of Vancouver Island and a third was diving down the back side of the broad upper trough near 41N 139W. Visible imagery indicated an altcumulus castellanus, or ACCAS, field over SW Washington and extreme NW Oregon early this afternoon. This typically signals some mid-level instablity which could lead to thunderstorm development later in the day. Marine layer early this afternoon holding firm along the Oregon coast, especially south of about Newport. Marine layer in the central coast valleys showing little westward retrogression. In fact, cloud edge near Interstate 5 in south-central Lane County. Southwest wind continues at Eugene, indicative of some marine air seepage. Biggest forecast dilemma remains the convective threat. Based on the 12Z NAM model sounding for KPDX and select SPC forecast tools, have expanded the thunderstorm threat 00Z-06Z Friday to include much of the SW Washington interior lowlands to the Willapa Hills, the Willamette valley to near KSLE and east slopes of the North Oregon Coast Range. The SPC Storm Scale Ensemble of Opportunity, or SSEO, shows a few of the higher-resolution models suggesting a convective threat in the aforementioned areas around 00Z. The SPC SREF Calibrated probability threat valid 06Z Friday shows a 50 percent contour over the South Washington Cascades. The 12Z NAM provides some dynamical support for elevated convection late this afternoon through the evening, including an 80-100 kt jet and 500 mb diffluent flow aloft. It appears the best dynamical support for the Cascades will be just after peak heating. There are some hints that should convection get going across the north, it could continue beyond 06Z Fri, especially in SW Washington. However, 12Z NAM model sounding for KPDX removes all instability, elevated and surface-based, around 03Z Friday. The SPC SREF Calibrated probability product holds on to a 40 percent contour in the South Washington Cascades 12Z Friday. For now will leave the thunderstorm threat until 06Z Fri, but evening shift may need to extend it. There will be a strong marine surge immediately behind the incoming low, which will initially flood the southern areas. Expect a substantial marine layer Friday morning behind the departing upper trough. NAM sounding for KSLE and KDPX shows cloud tops 12Z Fri up to near 7000 feet MSL. Some of this likely to be mid-level clouds above the true marine layer with the upper low forecast to be over SW Washington. Will maintain lingering POPS across the far north Friday morning as the GFS shows the upper trough axis just crossing the South Washington Cascades 15Z Friday. Also kept POPS into the early afternoon for the South Washington Cascades, primarily near Mt. Adams. Daytime temperatures Friday will be around 4-8 degrees below normal. Also, breezy to windy conditions will develop in the Columbia Gorge near Hood River late tonight, but more so Friday morning, with gusts up to 35 mph not out of the question. Stable west flow aloft returns Saturday. Model 500 mb heights rise to the mid 580s and 850 mb temperatures warm to 10-14C. NAM shows 90 percent or greater 975 mb RH in SW Washington, the far North Oregon coast and up the Columbia River to near KPDX Saturday morning which should translate to morning clouds. Not sure how far inland the clouds will make it, but a strengthening east-west pressure gradient should aid at least some inland push. Daytime temperatures Saturday to be near normal. 500 mb heights increase a little more Sunday, with forecast GFS 850 mb temperatures 15-18C. This would produce slightly above-normal daytime temperatures. The NAM may be over-doing the morning stratus or low cloud coverage Sunday morning. Could see some areas of low clouds along the South Washington coast and coastal valleys, based on the expected surface isobar orientation, but do not expect stratus to reach KKLS. Weishaar .LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Thursday)...Very typical late-July pattern expected for the long term, dominated by a flat upper-level ridge. Tricky part of this forecast will be determining the timing of weak ripples in the flow that deepen the marine layer. Nearly impossible to get very definitive this far out, but the GFS, and to a certain extent, the ECMWF, show one such short-wave moving through Tue night. GFS and ECMWF boost 500 mb heights to the lower 590s Thursday, which could produce some 90-degree readings in the interior. One thing to note is the third week of July is climatologically the time of the first major lightning episode. Does not look like that will occur this year. Weishaar && .AVIATION...MVFR marine stratus is locked in along the coast and in the coastal gaps this afternoon while the interior remains VFR. An upper level low sitting just offshore will push inland tonight. This will lead to a strong marine push, which is already showing signs of occurring in the southern Willamette Valley. Expect MVFR stratus to spread in from south to north starting this evening. KEUG may see MVFR develop as early as 03Z Fri, with stratus expected to reach the northern valley TAF sites by 06Z- 09Z. Widespread MVFR conditions should persist overnight and Fri morning. The unstable southwesterly flow ahead of the approaching low is forecasted to trigger some showers and even a few thunderstorms across the region later this afternoon and this evening. Satellite is showing convection developing along the Cascades and Coast Range as of 21:30Z and expect this will expand over the next several hours. Confidence in thunder is not high enough to include in TAFS, but the best chances appears to be for areas north of Salem. KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR to continue through most of this evening. Scattered showers expected to develop later this afternoon and this evening, with a slight chance for a thunderstorm. A marine stratus push to bring MVFR cigs into the terminal sometime around 06Z-09Z Fri, which should persist through Fri morning. Pyle && .MARINE...Upper level low pres moving across the waters today will push onshore tonight. This will maintain a weak pres gradient across the waters and keep winds mostly 15 kt or less. We will begin to transition to a more typical summer-time pattern on Fri as the NE Pac surface high begins to rebuild. A thermally induced surface trough will also develop along the N Calif and N Oregon coast. This pattern will become more pronounced over the weekend and remain in place through at least the first half of next week. This will mean a return to gusty northerly winds, with strongest winds during the afternoon and evening hours. We will probably need small craft advisories for wind for the central Oregon waters each day starting on Sat and continuing through early next week. The stronger winds will periodically extend further north into PZZ250 and PZZ255. Seas will remain less than 5 ft through Fri. They will then increase a foot or two over the weekend. Seas will increase into the 7 to 9 ft range early next week, becoming choppy and wind-wave driven. Pyle && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...None. WA...None. PZ...None. && Interact with us via social media: www.facebook.com/NWSPortland www.twitter.com/NWSPortland 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.
Two teenagers were swimming in the ocean near Seaside, OR. Lifeguards saw them struggling in the water in front of the turnaround. Both were rescued and taken to the hospital, but one of the teens died at the hospital.
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