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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
115 PM PDT SAT MAY 3 2025
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UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF MARION AND LINN
COUNTIES-LANE COUNTY CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARKDALE, OAKRIDGE, SILVER FALLS,
MCKENZIE BRIDGE, MILL CITY, ODELL, DETROIT, AND VIDA
115 PM PDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 32 AND 26 DEGREES WILL RESULT IN FROST
FORMATION.
* WHERE...UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF MARION AND
LINN COUNTIES, AND LANE COUNTY CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM PDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY, FROST WILL
OCCUR PRIMARILY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET, AND WILL BE MOST
WIDESPREAD AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
CONSIDER TEMPORARILY MOVING OUTDOOR POTTED PLANTS INDOORS IF THEY
ARE SENSITIVE TO COLD TEMPERATURES.
CONSIDER TEMPORARILY COVERING SENSITIVE PLANTS WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT
COTTON FABRIC (I.E., BEDSHEETS, THIN BLANKETS), AS THIS WILL HELP
RETAIN HEAT AND PROVIDE FROST PROTECTION FOR YOUR PLANTS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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