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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
438 AM PST WED DEC 24 2025  
 
ORZ104>118-123>125-WAZ202>208-250000-  
/O.CON.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 JEWELL, ROCKCREEK, SHERIDAN, HORTON,  
SELLWOOD, ST. HELENS, LEBAM, SKYLINE DRIVE, BATTLE GROUND,  
SPRINGFIELD, OAKRIDGE, NEWBERG, SUNSET SUMMIT, CRESWELL, GRESHAM,  
ESTACADA, GRAND RONDE, BROWNSVILLE, DETROIT, MARY'S PEAK, AMBOY,  
RIDGEFIELD, FAIRVIEW, EVERGREEN, SALEM, CATHLAMET, BROOKLYN,  
WOODLAND, LAKE MERWIN, MAPLETON, TROUTDALE, HOCKINSON, PHILOMATH,  
SANDY, MONROE, VIDA, MCKENZIE BRIDGE, YACOLT, WILLAPA, GLENWOOD,  
MCMINNVILLE, GRAND RONDE INDIAN RESERVATION, BORING, VANCOUVER,  
JUNCTION CITY, VERNONIA, VALSETZ, KEIZER, HILLSBORO, HOSKINS,  
WELCHES, HARRISBURG, EUGENE, PORTLAND, STAYTON, EAGLE CREEK,  
RHODODENDRON, ROSBURG, LAKE OSWEGO, SALMON CREEK, TOUTLE, OREGON  
CITY, FOREST GROVE, ALMA, CASTLE ROCK, NECANICUM, WOODBURN,  
WILSON RIVER SUMMIT, KNAPPA, LONGVIEW, SCAPPOOSE, CLATSKANIE,  
SILVER FALLS, MILL CITY, BRIGHTWOOD, CHEHALEM MOUNTAIN,  
CHERRYVILLE, SILVERTON, TIGARD, BRUSH PRAIRIE, WASHOUGAL, ALSEA,  
MOLALLA, KELSO, SHERWOOD, DALLAS, HAPPY VALLEY, LA CENTER,  
RAINIER, CAMAS, CORVALLIS, WILSONVILLE, KALAMA, MONMOUTH, COTTAGE  
GROVE, ALBANY, LEBANON, AND SYLVAN HILL  
438 AM PST WED DEC 24 2025  
   
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 50 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...UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE  
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR FOR ONLY 1 TO 3  
HOURS AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 40 MPH LASTING FOR  
ANOTHER 2 TO 3 HOURS AFTER. PEAK WINDS WILL BEGIN IN LANE COUNTY,  
MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THROUGH THE ADVISORY TIME  
FRAME. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF PEAK WIND GUSTS 55 TO 70  
MPH THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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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