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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
857 PM PST TUE MAR 3 2026
ORZ127-128-042000-
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0004.260304T1200Z-260305T1200Z/
CASCADES OF MARION AND LINN COUNTIES-CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLAMETTE PASS, SANTIAM PASS,
BREITENBUSH SPRINGS, SANTIAM JUNCTION, MCKENZIE PASS, WALDO LAKE,
AND TOMBSTONE SUMMIT
857 PM PST TUE MAR 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...WET SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11
INCHES. HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WITHIN WILLAMETTE PASS AND THE LANE
COUNTY CASCADES.
* 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...SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A SHOWERY PATTERN IN
THE AFTERNOON WHICH WILL LEAD TO LESS UNIFORM ACCUMULATION. THERE
IS A 50-60% CHANCE OF MORE THAN 12 INCHES OF SNOW DURING THIS TIME
FRAME WITHIN WILLAMETTE PASS, AND A 30% CHANCE WITHIN SANTIAM
PASS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES MAY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM TO 4 PM
WEDNESDAY.
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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