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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1232 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2026
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NORTH OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES OF MARION AND LINN COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SANTIAM PASS, TOMBSTONE SUMMIT, SANTIAM
JUNCTION, BENNETT PASS, WILLAMETTE PASS, MT. ST. HELENS, LARCH
MOUNTAIN, TIMOTHY LAKE, WALDO LAKE, LOST LAKE, MCKENZIE PASS,
BREITENBUSH SPRINGS, GOVERNMENT CAMP, AND INDIAN HEAVEN
WILDERNESS
1232 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3500 FT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 3500 FT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 9 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45
MPH.
* WHERE...SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CASCADES OF OREGON.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE HEAVIEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST OVER THE CASCADES FROM MARION TO LANE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS
SITUATION.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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