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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1211 PM PST TUE MAR 3 2026
ORZ127-128-040900-
/O.EXT.KPQR.WW.Y.0004.260304T1200Z-260305T1200Z/
CASCADES OF MARION AND LINN COUNTIES-CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TOMBSTONE SUMMIT, SANTIAM PASS,
BREITENBUSH SPRINGS, MCKENZIE PASS, SANTIAM JUNCTION, WALDO LAKE,
AND WILLAMETTE PASS
1211 PM PST TUE MAR 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM
PST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8
TO 11 INCHES.
* WHERE...CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY AND CASCADES OF MARION AND LINN
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR
FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
COMBINED WITH LOW VISIBILITIES MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
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.
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND CHAIN RESTRICTIONS IN OREGON,
CALL 5 1 1, OR VISIT: WWW.TRIPCHECK.COM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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