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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

1106 AM PST FRI FEB 20 2015

 ...VERY WINDY OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY

... RATHER STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON.

THE WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...REACH THEIR PEAK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN DECREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 50 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS OF THE CASCADES... 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE COAST RANGE...50 TO 60 MPH IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AROUND 40 MPH IN THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER AREAS...20 TO 30 MPH ALONG PARTS OF THE COAST...AND 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

WHILE LEAVES HAVE BEEN OFF TREES FOR QUITE SOME TIME...AND PREVIOUS WIND STORMS HAVE FELLED MANY OF THE WEAKER TREES IN THE AREA...THESE WINDS COULD AFFECT POWER IN A FEW AREAS. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY ALSO AFFECT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRUCKS AND FOR VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS...ESPECIALLY WHILE EXPOSED WHILE CROSSING AREA BRIDGES.

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