High Wind Warning in effect until 5 PM this evening for the higher elevations of Columbia County: Vernonia, Mist, Birkenfeld, etc. For more, please visit http://weather.gov/portland .
Thanks,
Columbia County Emergency Management
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High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
520 AM PDT MON APR 25 2011
.A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE
COAST IS PROJECTED TO MOVE ASHORE OVER THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST
THEN TRACK TO THE NORTH EAST THIS MORNING. EXPECT A FAIRLY SUDDEN
SURGE OF WIND TO PUSH ONSHORE WITH AN ASSOCIATED FRONT EARLY THIS
MORNING...EVEN AFFECTING INLAND AREAS BY MID MORNING. WITH LEAVES
DEVELOPING ON TREES AND VERY SOGGY GROUND...TREES AND POWER LINES
WILL BE MORE PRONE TO BEING DOWNED BY THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.
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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
520 AM PDT MON APR 25 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65
MPH AT HEADLANDS AND BEACHES AND ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS OF THE
COAST RANGE. THIS PARTICULAR STORM MAY ALSO AFFECT SOME OF THE
COAST RANGE VALLEYS WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.
* TIMING: STRONG WINDS DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...WITH VERY BLUSTERY
CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...CAPE
FOULWEATHER...YACHATS...FLORENCE...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...
TILLAMOOK...NETARTS...PACIFIC CITY
* IMPACTS: WITH SPRING LEAVES DEVELOPING ON TREES AND VERY
SOGGY GROUND...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE MORE PRONE THAN
USUAL TO BEING DOWNED BY THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. DRIVING
MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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.
