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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...FINAL UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
520 PM PDT THU OCT 18 2007

...FIRST STRONG WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON HITS THE PACIFIC 
NORTHWEST...

THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE COASTS OF 
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...AS WELL AS THE COAST 
RANGE AND WILLAPA HILLS.
THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE WILLAMETTE 
VALLEY AS WELL AS THE I-5 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

FOLLOWING ARE THE FINAL MAXIMUM WIND GUST REPORTS FOR THIS STORM:
                                    
LOCATION                          WIND GUST
                                    (MPH)
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CAPE MEARES..........................85 ...UPDATED...
                                        (LAST REPORT RECEIVED BEFORE
                                          WIND EQUIPMENT FAILED)
MOUNT HEBO...........................83
SEA LION CAVES.......................81
GARIBALDI............................79 (PEAK WIND GUST) 
FLORENCE.............................73 (PEAK WIND GUST)
YAQUINA BAY BRIDGE...................73
LINCOLN CITY.........................71 ...UPDATED...
NEWPORT JETTY........................71 
ROCKHOUSE RAWS.......................71 ...UPDATED...
ABERNATHY RAWS.......................70 ...UPDATED...
LAUREL MOUNTAIN......................70
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT..................69 
ROCKAWAY BEACH.......................66 ...NEW...
NEWPORT AIRPORT......................64 (PEAK WIND GUST) 
CLATSOP SPIT.........................62
SEASIDE..............................60 ...NEW...
ASTORIA AIRPORT......................60
TILLAMOOK AIRPORT....................59
TILLAMOOK BAY........................56
DUNES RAWS...........................53
CANNIBAL RAWS........................50
SOUTH BEACH..........................46

...MEASURED WIND GUSTS FROM SPOTTER REPORTS...
ASTORIA..............................55
BAY CENTER...........................53
OCEAN PARK...........................51 

...ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS FROM SPOTTER REPORTS...
FLORENCE..........................47-54
BLODGETT..........................39-54
CORVALLIS............................45
KELSO................................45

VARIOUS REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OF DOWNED POWER LINES OVER HIGHWAYS IN THE 
COAST RANGE...AS WELL AS A REPORT OF A FALLEN TREE CAUSING DAMAGE IN 
THE KELSO AREA.

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 
AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS INFORMATION 
STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

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BROWN/KOSOVITZ