Area:Greater Portland Metro Area (Oregon)
Event:Special Weather Statement
Headline:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:Unknown
Severity:Unknown
Certainty:Unknown
Effective:9/3/2010 8:58:00 AM
Expired:9/3/2010 5:00:00 PM
Description:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
858 AM PDT FRI SEP 3 2010
ORZ005-006-WAZ039-040000-
LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...
PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...
WASHOUGAL
858 AM PDT FRI SEP 3 2010
...LOW WATER ALERT FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER HARBORS FRIDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...
COLUMBIA AND WILLAMETTE RIVER LEVELS IN THE VICINITY OF PORTLAND
AND VANCOUVER WILL BE VERY LOW DURING LOW TIDE PERIODS THROUGH THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE LOWEST RIVER LEVELS WILL HAPPEN DURING THE
LATE MORNING LOW TIDE EACH DAY...GENERALLY BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON.
SUNDAY MORNING IS PREDICTED TO HAVE THE MOST EXTREME LOWS...WITH
THE STAGE FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER DROPPING TO -0.5
FEET AND THE STAGE FOR THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT PORTLAND DROPPING
TO -0.2 FEET.
BOATERS AND RIVER RECREATIONALISTS ON THE COLUMBIA AND LOWER
WILLAMETTE SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IN AND NEAR AREAS OF SHALLOW
WATER.
FOR THE LATEST OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER LEVELS...VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND OR WWW.NWRFC.NOAA.GOV.
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