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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
100 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2002

...TODAYS HIGH WIND WARNING VERIFICATION DATA...
			
.SYNOPSIS...
A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED ACROSS THE REGION...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS
REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. COASTAL AREAS EXPERIENCED THE STRONGEST WINDS.

.WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PORTLAND...
ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COAST AT 230 PM PST ON FRI NOV 15.  
THE WARNING WAS CANCELLED AT 230 PM SAT NOVEMBER 16.

.WEATHER REPORTS...
FOLLOWING WIND SPEEDS REPORTED BETWEEN 6 AM PST AND 1 PM PST WERE...

CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT       52 MPH SUSTAINED WIND
FLORENCE                  49 MPH SUSTAINED...GUST TO 62 MPH
NEWPORT AIRPORT           41 MPH SUSTAINED
NEWPORT HATFIELD          58 MPH GUST
NEWPORT AND LINCOLN CITY  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
ASTORIA AIRPORT           SUSTAINED 40 MPH...GUST TO 57 MPH
NEWPORT JETTY             48 MPH SUSTAINED...63 MPH GUST
TILLAMOOK BAY             SUSTAINED 58 MPH.

OTHER REPORTS:
GARIBALDI                 SUSTAINED 60 MPH...GUST TO 80 MPH
ILWACO WA                 GUST TO 53 MPH
LINCOLN CITY              GUSTS TO 54 MPH.


.DEFINITIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COAST IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO REACH 40 MPH OR GREATER OR WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO 
REACH 58 MPH OR GREATER.

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