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SHORT TERM FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

350 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012

ORZ003>014-WAZ019-020-022-023-039-040-260100-

COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-

CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-

GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-

SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-

NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-

CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-

UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-I-

5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-

SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...

GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...

HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...

MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER...

CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...SANDY...

SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP...

DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...

MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...PARKDALE...ODELL...

COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS...FRANCES...

RYDERWOOD...LONGVIEW...KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...

SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...

ARIEL...COUGAR

350 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012

.NOW...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WEST OF THE CASCADES EARLY

THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A GENERAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE

NEXT FEW HOURS. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE

WIDESPREAD...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF

PRODUCING OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...AND

BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH.

STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH....AND WILL

GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE COAST RANGE TO THE CASCADES.

$$

SHORT TERM FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

1256 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

ORZ003>010-012-WAZ020-022-023-039-040-242300-

COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-

CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-

GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-

SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-

NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-

CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-WILLAPA HILLS-I-

5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-

SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...

GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...

HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...

MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER...

CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...SANDY...

SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...VIDA...LOWELL...

COTTAGE GROVE...FRANCES...RYDERWOOD...LONGVIEW...KELSO...

CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...

WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR

1256 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

.NOW...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON

ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST

OREGON...EMBEDDED IN A FIELD OF MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. THROUGH

1255 PM...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN DETECTED NEAR SCAPPOOSE...WEST OF

JEFFERSON...AND NEAR JUNCTION CITY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE

EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SHOWERS...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS

TO AROUND 25 MPH...AS WELL AS EVERY DEADLY LIGHTNING. USE CAUTION

SHOULD YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR ANY SPORTING EVENTS PLANNED.

TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

$$

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

The Astoria Police Department has closed to the public. The department is still providing all emergency response and non-emergency response to calls for service. Administrative services and the facility on 30th Street is closed. The Department will reopen at 1555 W. Marine Drive on Tuesday morning at 9:00 AM. Neither of the two locations will be regularly staffed til Tuesday morning as employees will be moving between the two locations. 

For emergency services call 911. For non-emergency service please call (503) 325-4411. Do not delay reporting as a result of the closure. While the building is closed the department continues to function as close to normal as possible. 

The department has moved out of the building to facilitate a seismic retrofit of the building so that it can be immediately occupied after a seismic event. The work is being undertaken as a result of a $1,500,000 grant administered by Oregon Emergency Management. Work is expected to take approximately 6 months. 

Astoria Police can also be found at www.facebook.com/AstoriaPolice and on Twitter @AstoriaPD