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NOUS56 KPQR 261457
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NOTIFICATION REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO PORTLAND OR
800 AM PDT WED AUG 26 2009
TO: FORENSIC SERVICES MANAGER (W/OS52)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
C/O TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 20910
INFO: WESTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
ATTN: MARINE PROGRAM MANAGER
ALPHA: VESSEL NAME......UNKNOWN
VESSEL TYPE......PLEASURE CRAFT
VESSEL SIZE......19 FEET
BRAVO: LOCATION........JUST OFF COAST NEAR NEARPORT OREGON
DATE............8/25/2009
INCIDENT TIME...AROUND 2100 UTC...1 PM LOCAL TIME.
CHARLIE: DETAILS OF ACCIDENT...REPORT ARRIVED AT COAST GUARD THAT A
VESSEL WAS LOST IN THE FOG JUST OFFSHORE FROM NEWPORT. A
SHORT TIME LATER...A CAPSIZED 19-FEET ALUMINUM PLEASURE BOAT
WASHED TOWARD SHORE...BUT BROKE UP AND SANK IN THE INCOMING
TIDE. WITNESSES CLAIM THE BOAT CAPSIZED IN ROUGH SEAS...AND
SAID THAT WAVES WERE ROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON.
BEACH CREW AND TETHERED RESCUE SWIMMER LOCATED THE BODY OF
ONE MAN BETWEEN NYE BEACH AND AGATE BEACH. COAST GUARD
HELICOPTER LOCATED THE SECOND MAN NEARBY.
BOTH HAD NO PULSE AS THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO SAMARITAN
PACIFIC COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN NEWPORT.
DELTA: BUOY 46050 DATA: WAVE HEIGHT IN FEET.
BUOY ID TIME WIND GUST WAVE TEMP SEA T PRES
46050 252350Z 3406G08 PK 08KT 07'14 A59 S57 1018.8 -1.0/STONEWALL BANK
46050 252250Z 3306G08 PK 08KT 07'13 A59 S57 1019.4 -0.4/STONEWALL BANK
46050 252150Z 3306G06 PK 06KT 07'13 A59 S58 1019.7 -0.3/STONEWALL BANK
46050 252050Z 3404G06 PK 06KT 06'13 A59 S59 1019.8 0.0/STONEWALL BANK
46050 251950Z 3402G04 PK 04KT 05'13 A60 S58 1019.8 +0.3/STONEWALL BANK
46050 251850Z 3202 KT 1020.0 +0.7/STONEWALL BANK
46050 251750Z 3102G04 PK 04KT 05'14 A58 S56 1019.9 +1.1/STONEWALL BANK
46050 251650Z 2404G04 PK 06KT 05'15 A58 S55 1019.5 +1.5/STONEWALL BANK
ECHO: FORECAST DATA: COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
ISSUED 842 AM PDT TUE 2009
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
842 AM PDT TUE AUG 25 2009
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM
PZZ200-252300-
842 AM PDT TUE AUG 25 2009
SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST
A WEAK FRONT NEAR THE COAST WILL MOVE FURTHER INLAND THIS
MORNING. BRIEF HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT IS ONLY SHORT LIVED AS YET ANOTHER
SOMEWHAT STRONGER FRONT ARRIVES THU. EXPECT MORE PERSISTENT HIGH
PRES TO REBUILD ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FRI AND WILL HOLD
THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND.
PZZ250-255-270-275-252300-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
842 AM PDT TUE AUG 25 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
TODAY...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT SW 10 KT NEAR SHORE EARLY.
WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 7 FT N TO 4 FT S THIS MORNING...BUT
BUILDING TO 8 OR 9 FT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 12
SECONDS.
TONIGHT
N WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 10 FT AT 12
SECONDS.
WED
N WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 10 FT AT 11
SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WED NIGHT
N WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. NW SWELL 8 FT.
THU
S WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. NW SWELL 5 FT.
THU NIGHT
S WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 5 FT.
FRI
N WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 9 FT.
SAT
N WIND 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 8 FT.
FOXTROT: CURRENT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES:
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
GOLF: 2 PERSONS...ALLEN AND JERRY HOWARD, OF SWEET HOME AND
DALLAS OREGON...DROWNED IN THIS INCIDENT.
PREPARED BY...
CLINTON ROCKEY
FORECASTER WFO PORTLAND OREGON
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