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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
1210 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2026  
 
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/O.CON.KPQR.WS.W.0004.260415T0000Z-260416T1200Z/  
NORTH OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES OF MARION AND LINN COUNTIES-  
CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INDIAN HEAVEN WILDERNESS, TIMOTHY LAKE,  
WALDO LAKE, TOMBSTONE SUMMIT, SANTIAM JUNCTION, WILLAMETTE PASS,  
MT. ST. HELENS, GOVERNMENT CAMP, MCKENZIE PASS, BREITENBUSH  
SPRINGS, LARCH MOUNTAIN, SANTIAM PASS, LOST LAKE, AND BENNETT  
PASS  
1210 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON  
TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY ABOVE 2500 FT...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 2500 FT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN  
12 TO 21 INCHES. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL  
CASCADES OF OREGON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY.  
 
* 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...  
 
CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE.  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME.  
 
IF YOUR CAR BECOMES TRAPPED IN DEEP SNOW, BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR CAR  
OFF TO STAY SAFE FROM POTENTIAL CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.  
 
BE AWARE THAT WALKING SURFACES MAY BE SLICK. WALK WITH EXTRA CARE.  
 
BACKCOUNTRY RECREATION IS NOT ADVISED.  
 
 
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND  
 
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