Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Oregon Chapter of the AMS will be holding its November meeting on Thursday, November 20th. Dave Elson from the Portland National Weather Service Office and Steve Pierce, a local storm chaser, will present about the rare Vancouver Tornado of January 2008. Here are the specifics:
Date: Thursday, November 20th
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) Celilo (basement) Room
729 NE Oregon Street, Portland (near Lloyd Center)
To Bring: Dessert to share! This will be a dessert meeting, so bring your favorite treat.
Event Flyer: http://www.ametsoc.org/chapters/oregon/OR-AMS_meeting_Nov20-2008.pdf
Back by popular demand!!! Mark your calendars!!!! by Steve Pierce local Weather Specialist
The second annual "weather get-to-gether" will be Saturday, November 22nd at 2pm in N.E. Portland at the very same location as last year, Stark Street Pizza Company, 9234 SE Stark St, just west of I-205! Bring yourself, a friend, and just talk weather and eat some pizza. It was a great turnout last year and we hope to see everyone again this year!
Hope to see you all there!
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
944 AM PST THU NOV 13 2008
HEAVY RAINFALL...FUELED BY A TROPICAL MOISTURE SOURCE THAT HAD
ORIGINS IN THE FAR WEST PACIFIC...DRENCHED THE REGION OVER THE LAST
TWO DAYS. THE BULK OF THE RAIN AFFECTED THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH OREGON
COAST...COAST RANGE AND CASCADES. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED
FLOODING ALONG THE GRAYS AND NASELLE RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
ADDITIONAL FLOODING OCCURRED ON THE NEHALEM...WILSON...TRASK AND
SILETZ RIVERS IN OREGON AS THE FINAL COLD FRONT OF THIS EVENT SLID
SOUTH YESTERDAY EVENING.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS OF 6AM THIS MORNING ARE LISTED BELOW.
AMOUNTS VALID FROM 12AM 11/11/08 THROUGH 6AM 11/13/08
LOCATION AMOUNT
=========================================
COAST AND COAST RANGE
CEDAR RAWS..........................10.46
LEES CAMP............................7.80
MAPLETON.............................6.80
GOODWIN RAWS.........................6.51
TILLAMOOK RAWS.......................5.83
SKAMANIA.............................5.58 *
SOUTH FORK RAWS......................5.52
ASTORIA..............................5.20
JEWEL................................5.40
FRANCES..............................4.90
SUMMIT...............................4.80
SADDLE MT SNOTEL.....................4.70
SEINE CREEK SNOTEL...................2.70
VERNONIA.............................2.40
GRAND RONDE..........................2.40
CASCADES AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS
JUNE LAKE SNOTEL.....................9.90
CASCADIA.............................8.59
SWIFT CREEK SNOTEL...................8.30
BLAZED ALDER SNOTEL..................7.80
YELLOWSTONE RAWS.....................7.74
SHEEP CANYON SNOTEL..................6.90
NORTH FORK SNOTEL....................6.60
MT. HOOD SNOTEL......................6.11
LONE PINE SNOTEL.....................5.20
MERWIN DAM...........................5.11
COUGAR (WA)..........................5.07
BONNEVILLE...........................4.60
HASKINS DAM..........................4.30
COUGAR (OR)..........................4.28
DETROIT..............................4.05
SCOTTS MILL..........................3.70
THREE LYNX...........................3.60
FALLS CITY...........................3.40
VALLEY LOCATIONS
KELSO................................4.12
TROUTDALE............................2.16
MCMINNVILLE..........................1.76
FOREST GROVE.........................1.64
VANCOUVER............................1.53
PORTLAND.............................1.51
SALEM................................1.23
EUGENE...............................0.89
OTHER NOTABLE RAINFALL AND WIND REPORTS FROM THIS EVENT ARE LISTED
BELOW.
RAIN
ARIEL (4AM TO 4PM 11/12/08)............4.10
LONG BEACH (5AM TO 5PM 11/12/08).......4.00
KNAPPA (8AM TO 6PM 11/12/08)...........3.20
RAYMOND (24HRS ENDING 8AM 11/12/08)....3.00
YACOLT (12AM TO 7AM 11/12/08)..........2.44
OCEAN PARK (12AM TO 5PM 11/12/08)......2.27
BLODGETT (24HRS ENDING 7AM 11/12/08)...1.93
WIND GUSTS
WHITE PASS...........................76 MPH ***
MT. HOOD MEADOWS.....................75 MPH ***
BLUE RIDGE RAWS......................75 MPH ***
WALDPORT.............................60 MPH **
GARIBALDI.................41 W/GUSTS 57 MPH **
FLORENCE..................39 W/GUSTS 46 MPH **
YAQUINA BAY BRIDGE...................53 MPH **
OCEAN PARK...........................53 MPH **
CLATSOP SPIT..............38 W/GUSTS 55 MPH **
* SPOTTER REPORT - RAINFALL TOTAL FOR 11/11/08 AND 11/12/08.
** WIND SPEEDS FROM 11/11/08
*** WIND SPEEDS FROM 11/12/08
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-- posted by Pat Timm @ 7:31 PM,
