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Rain fell much of the time on the Sunday Parkways held in late August but not enough to cancel that event. But a much more extreme forecast on Friday led the city of Portland to cancel what would have been the final Parkways of 2013.

(John Killen/The Oregonian)

The final Sunday Parkways of 2013, scheduled for this weekend, has been cancelled because of the likelihood of severe weather.

Diane Dulken, spokeswoman for the Portland Bureau of Transportation, said Friday that the event had been called off because of the chance of high winds and heavy rain.

The event was to have taken place in Southwest Portland and would have been the fifth Sunday Parkways of the year.

Dulken said the first four Parkways had been highly successful. They had drawn more than 80,000 cyclists, runners and walkers different Portland neighborhoods. Other Parkways had taken place in East Portland, Southeast Portland, North Portland and Northeast Portland.

– John Killen