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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
955 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
ORZ121-220600-  
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-260222T0600Z/  
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARKDALE AND ODELL  
955 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
HAVE A WINTER EMERGENCY DRIVING KIT READILY AVAILABLE. COMMON ITEMS  
TO INCLUDE: FLASHLIGHT, BATTERIES, BLANKETS, A SHOVEL, WATER,  
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, TIRE CHAINS, ETC.  
 
BE AWARE THAT WALKING SURFACES MAY BE SLICK. WALK WITH EXTRA CARE.  
 
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND CHAIN RESTRICTIONS IN OREGON,  
CALL 5 1 1, OR VISIT: WWW.TRIPCHECK.COM.  
 
 
 
 
 
ORZ126-WAZ211-220600-  
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-260222T0600Z/  
NORTH OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INDIAN HEAVEN WILDERNESS, MT. ST. HELENS,  
GOVERNMENT CAMP, TIMOTHY LAKE, BENNETT PASS, LOST LAKE, AND LARCH  
MOUNTAIN  
955 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES. WINDS  
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...IN OREGON, NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON, SOUTH  
WASHINGTON CASCADES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
HAVE A WINTER EMERGENCY DRIVING KIT READILY AVAILABLE. COMMON ITEMS  
TO INCLUDE: FLASHLIGHT, BATTERIES, BLANKETS, A SHOVEL, WATER,  
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, TIRE CHAINS, ETC.  
 
BE AWARE THAT WALKING SURFACES MAY BE SLICK. WALK WITH EXTRA CARE.  
 
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND CHAIN RESTRICTIONS IN OREGON,  
CALL 5 1 1, OR VISIT: WWW.TRIPCHECK.COM.  
 
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND CHAIN RESTRICTIONS IN WASHINGTON,  
VISIT: WSDOT.COM/TRAVEL/REAL-TIME/MAP  
 
 
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND  
 
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