High Wind Watch
Issued: 2024-03-11 10:20:00 PDT
|Expiring: 2024-03-11 21:00:00 PDT
CLATSOP COUNTY COAST-TILLAMOOK COUNTY COAST-CENTRAL COAST OF OREGON-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SEASIDE, LINCOLN CITY, NEWPORT, AND FLORENCE
…HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING NEAR BEACHES AND HEADLANDS…
* WHAT…SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR BEACHES AND HEADLANDS.
* WHERE…NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST OF OREGON.
* WHEN…UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG WINDS, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, WHERE THERE IS AROUND A 50% CHANCE OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FASTEN LOOSE OBJECTS OR SHELTER OBJECTS IN A SAFE LOCATION PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF WINDS. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO STRONG WINDS
