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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
615 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2006

...HIGH WINDS HIT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST 
WASHINGTON...

A RELATIVELY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH CENTRAL LOW PRESSURE 
REACHING 963 MB MOVED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OFFSHORE THIS MORNING AND 
AFTERNOON BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO MULTIPLE SITES THROUGHOUT THE 
FORECAST AREA. THESE HIGH WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE WET HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND AND HIGHLY SATURATED GROUND...BROUGHT DAMAGE TO VARIOUS 
AREAS BOTH ALONG THE COAST AND THROUGH THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

VARIOUS HIGH WIND WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST 
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INCLUDING...THE NORTH OREGON AND 
SOUTH WASHINGTON COASTS...THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST...THE CENTRAL 
COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON...THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON 
AND THE WILLAPA HILLS...THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA...AND THE 
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

WINDS REPORTED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED 
PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM ARE AS FOLLOWS:

LOCATION             SUSTAINED MPH   GUSTS MPH
--------             -------------   ---------
SEA LION CAVES            --             59
GARIBALDI                 46             58
YAQUINA BAY BRIDGE        43             55
CLATSOP SPIT              48             64
CAPE DISSAPOINTMENT       40             59
MCMINNVILLE AIRPORT       44             49

IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED:

VARIOUS POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN GARIBALDI...AS WELL AS POWER 
OUTAGES AFFECTING 22000 CUSTOMERS IN THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS NEAR LINFIELD 
COLLEGE AND IN THE SOUTHWEST SALEM AREA.

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED OF A TREE DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS WHICH FELL 
THROUGH A HOME IN ALOHA.

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