GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
843 AM PDT TUE SEP 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KT FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD...UP TO 10 TO 12 FT THIS EVENING WITH
CHOPPY WIND WAVES. THEN LARGE...LONGER PERIOD SWELL WILL
ARRIVE EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH SEAS RUNNING 13 TO 15 FT EARLY WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL PEAK AT 16 TO 20 FT LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.
Address/Location
Tillamook County Emergency Management
201 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 503-842-3412