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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
100 PM PST SAT DEC 14 2002

TODAYS WARNING VERIFICATION...

.EVENT...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COAST AND COAST RANGE

.SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA PUSHED CLOSE TO THE COASDT. 
THE COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED INTO WESTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON
AND PRODUCED HIGH WINDS ALONG THE PACIFIC NW COAST. THE STRONGEST
PART OF THE STORM HIT THE SOUTH OREGON COAST LATE IN THE DAY. 

.WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED...
PORTLAND HIGH WIND WARNING ISSUED AT...826 PM PST SATURDAY DEC 14.
MEDFORD ALSO HAD WARNINGS UP FOR THE SOUTH OREGON COAST.

.WEATHER REPORTS...COASTAL AREA
FOLLOWING WIND OBSERVATIONS REPORTED TODAY:
LOCATION                     TIME (PST)  MAX SUSTAINED    PEAK GUST
OCEAN SHORES, WA			    553 PM       --			   71 MPH
HOQUIAM, WA                     316 PM       --            60 MPH
ILWACO, WA (SPOTTER)            400 PM       --            60 MPH
COLUMBIA RIVER BOUY (29)        400 PM       --            60 MPH
STONEWALL BANK BOUY (50)        400 PM       --            62 MPH

ASTORIA AIRPORT                 255 PM       22 MPH        35 MPH
CANNON BEACH                    220 PM       --            66 MPH
GARIBALDI                       400 PM                     65 MPH
LINCOLN CITY/ROADS END         1222 PM       --            43 MPH
NEWPORT AIRPORT                 210 PM       26 MPH        45 MPH
NEWPORT/HATFIELD CNTR                        --            45 MPH
SIUSLAW JETTY/FLORENCE                       39 MPH        -- MPH
DUNES RAWS NR FLORENCE          314 PM       --            28 MPH
GOLD BEACH, OR                  355 PM       --            95 MPH
GOLD BEACH, OR                  500 PM       --            78 MPH

.WEATHER REPORTS...COASTAL MOUNTAINS AREA
FOLLOWING WIND OBSERVATIONS REPORTED TODAY:
LOCATION                      TIME (PST)  MAX SUSTAINED    PEAK GUST
CEDAR RAWS/NR HEBO              313 PM        13 MPH        44 MPH
WILKINSON RAWS/NR ALSEA         339 AM        --            39 MPH
CANNIBAL MT/NR DENZER BR        312 PM        21 MPH        48 MPH
BURNT MOUNTAIN RAWS            1030 PM        --            83 MPH
CHRISTMAS VALLEY                951 AM        --            69 MPH
BALD KNOB LOOKOUT              1247 AM (16TH) --            55 MPH
NORTH BEND AIRPORT              135 AM (16TH) --            47 MPH

LOTS OF HIGH WINDS REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON DUE TO THIS STORM.
FOR THESE REPORTS...CONTACT THE NWS MEDFORD.

FOR THIS AND OTHER STORM SUMMARIES...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PORTLAND/VERIFICATION.HTML   
(THIS URL IS ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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