Weather alerts span US regions
Galeton, Pennsylvania, had a mild, sunny and unusually dry October, with 1.69 inches of rain compared with 4.26 inches the previous year. Along the Pacific Northwest coast, forecasts called for hazardous marine conditions on the Columbia River Bar, including gale and storm warnings, while a separate high-wind watch warned of possible damaging gusts, outages and difficult travel in coastal Oregon and southern Washington. Mariners were also advised of a Small Craft Advisory followed by a Gale Warning. In Louisiana, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for east-central Vernon Parish, urging people to take shelter from a radar-indicated tornado threat.






