Wind advisory today (2/11) from 4 PM to midnight for extreme SE Columbia County, including the city of Scappoose.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
926 AM PST THU FEB 11 2010
.A STRONG LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE ONSHORE NEAR VANCOUVER ISLAND
OR THE NORTHWEST TIP OF WASHINGTON AROUND MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT
BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...
SALEM...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL
926 AM PST THU FEB 11 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
PST TONIGHT FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO
AREAS...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM...WITH GUSTS OF
40-45 MPH POSSIBLE. STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS WILL BE LATER IN
THE EVENING...BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT...WHEN GUSTS TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PORTLAND...VANCOUVER...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...
ALBANY...SALEM...HILLSBORO...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...BATTLE
GROUND...WASHOUGAL
* IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW
DOWNED TREES AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND
GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.
