HIGH WIND WATCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
928 PM PST SAT DEC 23 2006

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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
928 PM PST SAT DEC 23 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND
NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST..

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR BEACHES AND HEADLANDS.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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