GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING, COASTAL WATERS
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
853 AM PDT MON OCT 13 2014
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND WILL THEN TURN SOUTHWEST AND EASE TONIGHT. AN OCCASIONAL GUST MAY APPROACH 40 KT NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND POINTS NORTHWARD AS THE FRONT NEARS THIS AFTERNOON.
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