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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
749 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

ORZ001>008-010>016-WAZ019>022-039-040-045-046-051400-
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-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-
CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-
WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
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...YACHATS...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...
SUNSET SUMMIT...LEES CAMP...TRASK...GRANDE RONDE...BURNT WOODS...
TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...VENETA...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...
HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...
MCMINNVILLE...WILSONVILLE...STAYTON...DALLAS...EUGENE...
SPRINGFIELD...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...SANDY...ESTACADA...
SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP...
DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...JASPER...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...
MCKENZIE PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...
PARKDALE...ODELL...CORBETT...ROOSTER ROCK...MULTNOMAH FALLS...
CASCADE LOCKS...HOOD RIVER...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...
MOUNT ST. HELENS...WIND RIVER VALLEY...WILLAPA...FRANCES...
ELK MOUNTAIN...RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...OCEAN PARK...
NASELLE...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...
VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...
LAKE MERWIN...YALE LAKE...COUGAR...CARSON...STEVENSON...UNDERWOOD
749 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS AND PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN THIS WEEK...

EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TO INCREASE ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT WITH
WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS LIKELY TO TOP OUT IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE
BETWEEN 1 AM AND 6 AM. A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A
STRONGER ROUND OF WIND LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 65 MPH APPEAR LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST...AND FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON
COAST.

IN ADDITION...A PERIOD OF BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS MAY SPREAD
INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND LATE
MORNING AND MIDDAY. THE WET CONDITIONS OF LATE MAY MAKE DOWNED
TREES MORE LIKELY THAN NORMAL.

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SHOULD BE COMMON BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF
THURSDAY FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS. RAIN TOTALS SHOULD APPROACH 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON. A COMBINATION OF HIGH SNOW LEVELS AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED RAIN TOTALS MAY BE ENOUGH TO BRING SOME MINOR
FLOODING TO AREA STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS BY THURSDAY.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER FORECASTS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.


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NEUMAN
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
