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T&T: Hurricane warning off Oregon

From: George Rankin (no email)
Date: Sat Dec 01 2007 - 22:24:51 EST

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    I have lived in the PNW for over 40 years and this is pretty rare. Take
    care everybody out there, and do not go to watch this one. Forty-five foot
    seas off of Astoria! We might be looking at major damage to our coastal
    communities.

    SUN...S WIND 40 TO 50 KT...BECOMING 45 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED
    SEAS 16 TO 20 FT IN THE MORNING DOMINANT PERIOD 9 SECONDS THEN BUILDING TO
    26 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 TO 40 KT IN THE
    EVENING...BECOMING 55 TO 65 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 80 KT. COMBINED
    SEAS BUILDING TO 32 TO 36 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 11 SECONDS. RAIN. .MON...S WIND
    60 TO 70 KT WITH GUSTS TO 85 KT... EASING TO 45 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
    COMBINED SEAS 40 TO 45 FT. RAIN.

    A POWERFUL STORM IS DEVELOPING OFF THE OREGON COAST. THIS STORM
    WILL APPROACH THE COAST SUNDAY MORNING...MOVING INLAND ALONG THE
    WASHINGTON COASTLINE LATE IN THE DAY. A SECOND...MORE POWERFUL STORM
    WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT...INCREASING SOUTH WINDS ALONG THE
    COAST EVEN FURTHER. SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
    ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
    NIGHT. SOUTH WINDS 45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 85 MPH ARE
    EXPECTED MONDAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AS THE
    SECOND STORM MOVES INLAND.

    A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
    OR OCCURRING. IN THE CASE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...WIND SPEEDS ARE
    EXPECTED TO REACH LEVELS SELDOM SEEN. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
    NEAR 65 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 85 MPH OR MORE CAN MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS
    AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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