While winds and rains walloped the area and caused power outages in Portland, Clark County residents seemed to have missed most of the mayhem.
Dispatchers with the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency said Friday morning that there were no major problems overnight from the storm.
Clark Public Utility Spokeswoman Erica Erland said that downed trees caused five outages overnight affecting 176 customers overnight, though power has since been restored.
“The crews working last night have been rotated off to rest and we remain prepared to respond to issues as they arise today and into the weekend,” she said.
Clark County public works crews responded to a few isolated incidents of downed tree limbs and some small-scale flooding but nothing noteworthy, agency spokesman Jeff Mize said.
In Oregon, however, Portland General Electric reported that more than 4,000 customers were without power at 5 a.m. Friday. Pacific Power reported that 2,800 customers in coastal communities had no lights, down from a peak of more than 15,000.
Portland had the rainiest Oct. 13 in its history and the National Weather Service said a 103-mph wind gust was recorded at Cape Meares, Ore.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has issued a safety alert for the coast and inland valley, advising visitors to avoid the beach and low-lying rock areas. Powerful waves can bring with them logs and other debris before, during and after storms, the agency reports.
The National Weather Service predicts 100 percent chance of rain for Vancouver with winds around 14 mph and gusts as high as 20 mph.
The weather service predicts that the worst of the storm has yet to come. A high wind watch has been issued for the Clark County area Saturday night with potentially damaging winds reaching gusts of 55 to 65 mph.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
