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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
238 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

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LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...
PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...
WILSONVILLE...STAYTON...DALLAS...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD...
CORVALLIS...ALBANY...SANDY...ESTACADA...SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...
SWEET HOME...VIDA...JASPER...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...LONGVIEW...
KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...
TOUTLE...ARIEL...LAKE MERWIN...YALE LAKE...COUGAR
238 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY IN THE
INLAND VALLEY AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON...

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS A STRONG SECONDARY FRONT OR
DISTURBANCE THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF RATHER STRONG WINDS
IN THE INLAND VALLEYS.

EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
THIS EVENING. WINDS COULD BE A BIT STRONGER THURSDAY...SOUTH 15 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

SOILS ARE QUITE SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...AND THESE WINDS
COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE TREE DAMAGE OR POWER DISRUPTIONS THROUGH
MUCH OF THURSDAY.

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FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND