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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1130 AM PST THU DEC 04 2003

WARNING VERIFICATION

.EVENT...THU DEC 04 2003...
         HIGH WIND WARNING ISSUED 0742 AM PST THU DEC 04 2003 FOR THE
         PORTLAND METRO AREA NEAR THE COLUMBIA GORGE...THE GREATER VANCOUVER
         AREA AND THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.

         HIGH WIND WARNING ISSUED 0835 AM PST THU DEC 04 2003 FOR THE SOUTH
         WASHINGTON COAST...THE NORTH OREGON AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST.

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES AND A LOW PRESSURE AREA 
OFFSHORE PRODUCED STRONG EAST WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA.         
                                                           
.WEATHER REPORTS...

LOCATION                       PEAK GUSTS 

ASTORIA (AIRPORT)              47 MPH
BUOY 29 (COLUMBIA RIVER)       38 MPH
GARIBALDI                      36 MPH
NEWPORT JETTY                  30 MPH
BUOY 50 (STONEWALL BANK)       29 MPH
VANCOUVER AIRPORT              42 MPH
PORTLAND AIRPORT               47 MPH
TROUTDALE AIRPORT              42 MPH
HORSE CREEK RAWS               49 MPH
MT. HOOD MEADOWS               40 MPH
EMIGRANT RAWS                  44 MPH
LOW CREEK RAWS                 59 MPH

HOCKINSON WA...60 MPH. LOST POWER. BBQ BLEW OVER.
BATTLEGROUND WA...ESTIMATED 60 MPH. LOST POWER. MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN.
OCEAN PARK WA...40 MPH. LOST POWER. TREES DOWN.
169TH AVE PORTLAND OR...CARPORT BLEW OVER FENCE.
GRESHAM...TRAIN CROSSING GATE BLEW INTO TRAIN POWER LINES. TRAINS STOPPED.
EAST VANCOUVER...APPROXIMATELY 80 FOOR TALL DOUGLAS FIR WITH DIAMETER 18 TO
24 INCHES BLEW DOWN.


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

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