High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
348 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011
...UPDATED TO INCREASE THE WIND GUSTS ALONG THE COAST AND INCLUDE
THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
.STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL BY 8 PM ALONG THE SOUTH WASHINGTON
AND NORTH OREGON COAST AND BY 10 PM ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON
COAST.
ORZ003-004-WAZ020-130600-
/O.EXA.KPQR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110213T0600Z/
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-WILLAPA HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VERNONIA
348 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
THE WILLAPA HILLS AND THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OREGON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS IN SHELTERED VALLEYS SUCH AS THE
NEHALEM RIVER VALLEY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LIGHTER.
* TIMING: THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: EXPOSED RIDGES OF THE COAST RANGE AND WILLAPA
HILLS...AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PASSES THROUGH THE COAST RANGE.
TOWNS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE FRANCES...THE GALES
CREEK AREA...AND BLODGETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS
TRAVELING ACROSS THE COAST RANGE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG
WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS.
