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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
915 PM PST MON DEC 22 2025  
 
ORZ104>118-123>125-WAZ202>208-232000-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.WI.Y.0009.251224T1500Z-251225T0000Z/  
NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE LOWLANDS-CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE  
LOWLANDS-NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE-CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE-  
LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER-TUALATIN VALLEY-PORTLAND WEST HILLS AND  
CHEHALEM MOUNTAIN-INNER PORTLAND METRO-EAST PORTLAND METRO-OUTER  
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND METRO-WEST CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-EAST  
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-BENTON COUNTY LOWLANDS-LINN COUNTY  
LOWLANDS-LANE COUNTY LOWLANDS-CLACKAMAS COUNTY CASCADE FOOTHILLS-  
CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF MARION AND LINN COUNTIES-LANE COUNTY CASCADE  
FOOTHILLS-WILLAPA AND WAHKIAKUM LOWLANDS-WILLAPA HILLS-COWLITZ  
COUNTY LOWLANDS-NORTH CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS-INNER VANCOUVER METRO-  
EAST CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD, WILSONVILLE, BROOKLYN,  
ALSEA, GRAND RONDE INDIAN RESERVATION, TROUTDALE, EVERGREEN,  
KALAMA, WELCHES, ST. HELENS, NECANICUM, KEIZER, CAMAS, RAINIER,  
LAKE OSWEGO, LEBAM, ROCKCREEK, CASTLE ROCK, KELSO, YACOLT,  
LEBANON, SALMON CREEK, VALSETZ, SKYLINE DRIVE, PORTLAND,  
WASHOUGAL, ROSBURG, CHEHALEM MOUNTAIN, MCKENZIE BRIDGE, FOREST  
GROVE, BRIGHTWOOD, EUGENE, DALLAS, FAIRVIEW, HORTON, MILL CITY,  
HOSKINS, CRESWELL, TOUTLE, CHERRYVILLE, SANDY, ESTACADA, BORING,  
WOODBURN, RHODODENDRON, LONGVIEW, GRESHAM, SELLWOOD, DETROIT,  
ALMA, LAKE MERWIN, SHERWOOD, TIGARD, SHERIDAN, PHILOMATH, MARY'S  
PEAK, SYLVAN HILL, HARRISBURG, MAPLETON, HILLSBORO, BRUSH  
PRAIRIE, VERNONIA, SCAPPOOSE, COTTAGE GROVE, HOCKINSON,  
CATHLAMET, CLATSKANIE, WILLAPA, EAGLE CREEK, JEWELL, LA CENTER,  
OREGON CITY, BROWNSVILLE, AMBOY, GLENWOOD, VIDA, MOLALLA, SUNSET  
SUMMIT, RIDGEFIELD, GRAND RONDE, SALEM, SILVER FALLS, WOODLAND,  
JUNCTION CITY, CORVALLIS, NEWBERG, BATTLE GROUND, MONMOUTH,  
VANCOUVER, STAYTON, OAKRIDGE, WILSON RIVER SUMMIT, SILVERTON,  
ALBANY, MONROE, HAPPY VALLEY, KNAPPA, AND MCMINNVILLE  
915 PM PST MON DEC 22 2025  
   
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY  
 
* WHAT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...GREATER PORTLAND/VANCOUVER METRO, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN  
WILLAMETTE VALLEY, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE VALLEYS AND  
MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON  
CASCADES, WILLAPA HILLS AND ADJACENT RIVER VALLEYS OF PACIFIC AND  
WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES, LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER AND COWLITZ RIVER  
VALLEYS, AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE  
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 
SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.  
 
USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IF OPERATING A HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLE. SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND  
OTHER OBJECTS THAT CAN EASILY BLOW AROUND.  
 
 
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND  
 
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