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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
430 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007

...STRONG WINDSTORM HITS THE COAST...

A STRONG STORM SLAMMED INTO THE OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON 
COAST SUNDAY WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOTS OF RAIN.  SUNDAY'S STORM
WAS WINDING DOWN SOMEWHAT BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER STRONG 
STORM EXPECTED TO MOVE ONTO THE COAST AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR MORE STRONG WINDS AND ANOTHER BATCH OF 
HEAVY RAIN.

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND TOTALS WILL CONTINUE 
TO AMASS.  IN GENERAL...RAINFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES
ON THE COAST WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS COMING IN ON THE NORTH COAST.
INLAND VALLEYS REPORTED FROM ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AT 
EUGENE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY TO ALMOST AN INCH AND A HALF IN VANCOUVER.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND THE AREA RANGED FROM AN INCH AND A HALF
AT HILLSBORO TO 2 INCHES AT SCAPPOOSE.  2.5 TO A LITTLE OVER 4 INCHES
WERE COMMON REPORTS FROM LOCATIONS IN THE COAST RANGE.

WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
POSTED FOR MOST OF THE RIVERS DRAINING THE COAST RANGE.

MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS REPORTED ON SUNDAY INCLUDE:

CAPE MEARS              109 MPH
LINCOLN CITY PD          91 MPH
MT HEBO                  85 MPH
NEWPORT AIRPORT          83 MPH
NEWPORT (SCHOONER PT)    80 MPH
N END CANNON BEACH       80 MPH
AGATE BEACH              78 MPH
ASTORIA AIRPORT          70 MPH
BAY CENTER WA            62 MPH
OCEAN PARK WA            61 MPH

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE WIND REPORTS ARE 
AVAILABLE.

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