High Wind Warning - Clark County
Thursday, December 14, 2006URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
519 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO..
PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...LONGVIEW...KELSO..
CASTLE ROCK...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE..
ARIEL...COUGAR
519 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM
PST FRIDAY FOR INTERIOR LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AND THE GREATER PORTLAND
VANCOUVER AREAS..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR INTERIOR LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AND THE GREATER PORTLAND
VANCOUVER AREAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...REACHING 20 TO 30 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS EVENING..
INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE FRIDAY MORNING.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 5:53 AM,
