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thedood
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Portland, OR
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
435 PM PDT SUN AUG 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
* UNTIL 515 PM PDT.
* AT 427 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TIMOTHY LAKE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF GOVERNMENT CAMP...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 36 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
THREE LYNX AROUND 440 PM PDT...
RHODODENDRON AROUND 500 PM PDT...
WELCHES AND ZIGZAG AROUND 505 PM PDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4534 12219 4537 12178 4501 12179 4497 12205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 170DEG 31KT 4509 12194
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"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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thedood
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| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | 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-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-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...PARKDALE...ODELL...
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
140 PM PDT SUN AUG 17 2008
...AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON MID WEEK...
COMPUTER MODELS AGREE ON BRINGING AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM
INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON BY THE MIDDLE OF
THIS WEEK. THIS STORM IS ACTUALLY MODERATELY STRONG EVEN FOR
WINTER TIME...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS FOR
SUMMER ALONG THE COAST AND AN UNSEASONABLY HIGH AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL.
THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUING TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND
GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST COULD REACH 50 MPH OR MORE. THIS
STORM ALSO IS FORECAST TO HAVE A VERY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...AND
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL LIKELY MAKE A VERY LARGE DENT IN
THE FIRE SEASON IN THIS AREA.
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dammit, whenever I'm not in Portland in the summer, something unusual always happens. Whenever I am here in the summer, it always seems so boring and hot (like it was last week with a high of 107 on Friday or Thursday).
50 mph winds at the coast and high moisture content they say (moderately strong even by winter storm standards). Wonder if this is a little peek into the fall season...
Pff, and Fay only has 40 mph winds right now. 
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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thedood
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disregard the severe thunderstorm warning. It was canceled.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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thedood
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| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | 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-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-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...PARKDALE...ODELL...
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
136 PM PDT MON AUG 18 2008
...AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON LATE TUE THROUGH WED...
AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON BEGINNING TUE AFTERNOON. THE
SYSTEM WILL STILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA WED EVENING.
THIS STORM IS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO WINTER TYPE SYSTEMS AND WILL
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST. WIND GUSTS WILL BE
STRONGEST TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY WILL PROBABLY PEAK AROUND 50 MPH
NEAR COASTAL HEADLANDS...BUT COASTAL CITIES WILL SEE LESS STRONG
WINDS PEAKING AROUND 30 MPH. INLAND CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE A BIT
LESS BREEZY...EXCEPT FOR HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES.
THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE RELATIVELY HEAVY PRECIPITATION
ESPECIALLY IN THE COAST RANGE...FOOTHILLS AND CASCADES. RAINFALL
TOTALS FOR THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE COASTAL
MOUNTAINS AND CASCADES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEYS.
FREEZING LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO RULE OUT MOUNTAIN
SNOW...EXCEPT AT THE VERY HIGHEST PEAKS.
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A FAIRLY RAPID ONSET AND PRODUCE BACK COUNTRY
CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE CHALLENGING AT BEST...WITH COOL
TEMPERATURES...WINDY CONDITIONS...COPIOUS RAIN AND EVEN HEAVY SNOW
AT THE VERY HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
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"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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