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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE PORTLAND OR
730 AM PST WED DEC 24 2003
 
...HIGH WIND WARNING VERIFICATION DATA...

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A PACIFIC FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COAST.

.WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THE
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COAST AT 212 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2003.
...THE WARNING WAS CANCELLED AT 245 AM PST WED DEC 24 2003.

.WEATHER REPORTS...
FOLLOWING STRONGEST WINDS REPORTED DURING THIS EVENT WERE:

FLORENCE                     20 GUSTS TO 36 MPH
ASTORIA AIRPORT                 GUSTS TO 30 MPH
BOUY 29                      33 GUSTS TO 43 MPH
LINCOLN CITY ROAD'S END         GUSTS TO 35 MPH
NEWPORT JETTY                31 GUSTS TO 39 MPH
NEWPORT AIRPORT              22 GUSTS TO 37 MPH

.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.

END.

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