SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
821 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006

NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK..
LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK..
GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE..
HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM..
MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER..
CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...SANDY..
SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP..
DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE..
MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS..
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS...FRANCES..
RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO..
CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND..
WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
821 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006

...A POWERFUL WINDSTORM TO ARRIVE LATE TODAY..

STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH TODAY.
WINDS ON COAST WILL GUST 55 TO 65 MPH TODAY...BUT THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARRIVE THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIMES BELOW ARE FORECASTS FOR THE STRONGEST DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS.
FIRST WIND LISTED IS THE FORECAST SUSTAINED WIND...FOLLOWED BY
FORECASTED/ANTICIPATED GUSTS (G).

LOCATION                TIMES OF STRONGEST       WINDS DURING
                       START   PEAK    END      PEAK PERIOD

WASHINGTON COAST..
 COMMUNITIES           4PM  8PM-MID   2AM    35-45 MPH G70-80 MPH
 BEACHES/HEADLANDS     4PM  8PM-MID   2AM    45-60 MPH G85-100 MPH

NORTH OREGON COAST..
 COMMUNITIES           4PM  7PM-MID   2AM    35-45 MPH G65-80 MPH
 BEACHES/HEADLANDS     4PM  7PM-MID   2AM    45-60 MPH G85-100 MPH

CENTRAL OREGON COAST..
 COMMUNITIES           3PM  7PM-MID   1AM    35-45 MPH G75-85 MPH
 BEACHES/HEADLANDS     3PM  7PM-MID   1AM    45-60 MPH G85-100 MPH

WILLIPA HILLS AND NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   7PM  9PM-MID   1AM    30-45 MPH G50-60 MPH
 PEAKS/RIDGES          6PM  8PM-MID   2AM    45-65 MPH G80-100 MPH

CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   7PM  9PM-MID   1AM    30-40 MPH G50-65 MPH
 PEAKS/RIDGES          6PM  8PM-MID   2AM    40-55 MPH G70-85 MPH

SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INTERIOR AND LOWER COLUMBIA LOWLANDS..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   7PM  9PM-1AM   3AM    25-40 MPH G50-60 MPH
 PEAKS/RIDGES          6PM  8PM-2AM   3AM    40-50 MPH G65-80 MPH

NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   7PM  9PM-2AM   4AM    35-45 MPH G55-65 MPH
 HILLS/EXPOSED AREAS   7PM  9PM-2AM   4AM    40-50 MPH G65-75 MPH

CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   8PM  10PM-2AM  3AM    35-45 MPH G55-65 MPH
 HILLS/EXPOSED AREAS   8PM  9PM-2AM   4AM    40-50 MPH G65-75 MPH

SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   9PM  10PM-2AM  3AM    30-40 MPH G50-65 MPH
 HILLS/EXPOSED AREAS   8PM  9PM-2AM   3AM    35-45 MPH G60-65 MPH

SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   9PM  10PM-1AM  3AM    30-45 MPH G50-65 MPH
 PEAKS/RIDGES          8PM  10PM-2AM  4AM    50-65 MPH G80-100 MPH
 PEAKS ABOVE 8000 FEET..                    75-90 MPH G105-130 MPH

FOOTHILLS AND HIGH CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY..
 COMMUNITIES/VALLEYS   9PM  10PM-1AM  2AM    25-35 MPH G50-55 MPH
 PEAKS/RIDGES          9PM  10PM-1AM  3AM    35-45 MPH G65-80 MPH

COLUMBIA GORGE..       2AM  3AM-7AM   9AM    25-35 MPH G45-50 MPH
NOTE: WINDS IN GORGE WILL BECOMING WEST AND INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT
      STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE GORGE EARLY
      FRIDAY MORNING.


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