The following is a National Weather Service High Wind Warning.

( URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 403 AM PST WED DEC 20 2006 NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK... LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH... CATHLAMET 403 AM PST WED DEC 20 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS EXPECTED ON THE COASTAL HEADLANDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. )

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