US Hurricane-force winds expected to pummel central Oregon Coast early Wednesday

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Windthrow, where strong winds snap trees off close to the ground, was evident around Astoria in December 2007.
For the first time since the Great Coastal Gale of '07 - and only the second time in its history - the National Weather Service in Portland has issued a hurricane force wind warning for the Oregon Coast.

The warning extends from Cascade Head north of Lincoln City, south to Florence and out to sea 60 nautical miles and is in effect from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The Great Coastal Gale of '07 raked the Oregon Coast on Dec. 1-3, 2007, and brought with it the strongest wind gusts since the Columbus Day Storm of October 1962.

The storm snapped off hundreds of trees, and included wind gusts well in excess of 100 mph, with the strongest recorded gust of 129 mph at Bay City. The storm, really two systems that stretched over three days, included heavy rains and extensive flooding.

Steve Todd, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service in Portland said the storm's center is expected to make landfall over the mouth of the Columbia River, setting up a tight pressure gradient that could generate up to 100 mph winds.

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[observingthetimes]

Thank you for all the important information. I hope you are feeling better very soon.

[MrHurricaneTracker]

@observingthetimes Thanks I took a break today

[MrHurricaneTracker]

@observingthetimes Thanks i'm almost better now.

[reevaluate2008]

Is that central time?

[ddshears]

btw...we were cut off from the rest of the world because so many trees blew down that you could not drive 50 feet in any direction and not have one or two huge trees over the road.... and did the government or fema or red cross come to our rescue? nope. within 24 hours locals and volunteers had most roads clear enough we could drive to the store and stuff... yay!

[ddshears]

I was here on the north coast in 07 and it was something else. we were completely cut off and power out over a week. BUT it's a great place to ride such things out...a very tight community of folks... Actually, it ended up being kind of fun. :o) A break from the daily drudgery...people gathering and helping people and those with woodstoves and gas stoves or generators and even some local stores were preparing food for everyone for free. groovy.

[passholer]

great post.in wyo almost all our snowstorms were accompanied by gust's up to 134 m.p.h

[ibemamo]

Hope You Feel better!

[lildeegurrl]

I live in Lincoln City and after watching this am totally creeped out! I will attempt to get some footage tomorrow morning for everyone to see! We also live only 1 block from a large creek/river that 2 blocks away feeds into the Siletz Bay and the Pacific Ocean. This will be very...Interesting to say the least.

[underworldclassroom]

excellent report. i hope you are feeling better. that is serious wind!