PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
400 PM PST TUE NOV 12 2002

...TODAYS HIGH WIND WARNING VERIFICATION DATA...

.SYNOPSIS...
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON COAST 
THIS MORNING PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PORTLAND...
ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COAST AT 537 AM PST ON TUE NOV 12.  
THE WARNING WAS CANCELLED AT 836 PM PST TUE EVENING.

.WEATHER REPORTS...
FOLLOWING WIND SPEEDS REPORTED BETWEEN 5 AM PST AND 7 PM PST WERE...

CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT			60 MPH GUST
ASTORIA AIRPORT				47 MPH GUST
CANNON BEACH				61 MPH GUST
FLORENCE					37 MPH GUST
NEWPORT AIRPORT				46 MPH GUST

.DEFINITIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COAST IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO REACH 40 MPH OR GREATER OR WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO 
REACH 58 MPH OR GREATER.

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