Full Notification

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

947 AM PDT WED SEP 10 2014

 

A STRONG EARLY SEPTEMBER EAST WIND EVENT EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

 

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AND WIDESPREAD EAST WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE BRUNT OF THE WINDS WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT...AND A GOOD PART OF FRIDAY.

 

EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WEST END OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREAS...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF PORTLAND SUCH AS THE WEST HILLS. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER CASCADES...AND 45 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE COAST RANGE.

 

THESE SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE FACT THAT TREES STILL HAVE A FULL SET OF LEAVES ON THEM COULD LEAD TO SOME TREE DAMAGE AS WELL AS POWER DISRUPTIONS.

 

THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY ALSO CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS AND THOSE PULLING TRAILERS.