THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
251 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* SEAS: SEAS 3 TO 5 FT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...INCREASING RAPIDLY FRIDAY...REACHING 12 TO 14 FT BY FRIDAY 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