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--Columbia County Emergency Management
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
341 PM PDT TUE MAR 15 2011
...QUICK BURST OF STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT COAST AND COAST RANGE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE IS PUSHING STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE
SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY THESE STRONG WINDS WERE ONLY
OCCURRING IN THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NOW THEY ARE BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD ALONG THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND COAST
RANGE. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING
BEFORE WINDS DECREASE LATER TONIGHT.
ORZ001>004-160400-
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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
NETARTS...PACIFIC CITY...LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...
CAPE FOULWEATHER...YACHATS...FLORENCE...VERNONIA
341 PM PDT TUE MAR 15 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...
ESPECIALLY IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS.
* TIMING: NOW THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...CAPE
FOULWEATHER...YACHATS...FLORENCE...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...
TILLAMOOK...NETARTS...PACIFIC CITY
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
