595  
WWUS86 KPQR 130538  
SPSPQR  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
1038 PM PDT TUE MAY 12 2026  
 
ORZ119-121>123-126-WAZ210-211-130615-  
WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON ABOVE 500 FT OR-  
CLACKAMAS COUNTY CASCADE FOOTHILLS OR-NORTH OREGON CASCADES OR-  
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY OR-CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE I-  
84 CORRIDOR OR-CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE - SR 14 WA-  
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES WA-  
1038 PM PDT TUE MAY 12 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CLACKAMAS  
HOOD  
RIVER...EASTERN MULTNOMAH AND SOUTHEASTERN SKAMANIA COUNTIES THROUGH  
1115 PM PDT...  
 
AT 1038 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
GOVERNMENT CAMP, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GOVERNMENT CAMP, MOUNT HOOD VILLAGE, MOUNT HOOD, ZIGZAG, PARKDALE,  
ODELL, LOLO PASS, LOST LAKE, DEE, WYETH, HOME VALLEY, AND  
RHODODENDRON.  
 
IN WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51  
AND 55.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS IN OREGON...  
INTERSTATE 84 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 56.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 26 EAST OF PORTLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 59.  
STATE HIGHWAY 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 59, AND BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 75 AND 97.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4521 12175 4528 12198 4573 12176 4563 12144  
4558 12144  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 204DEG 36KT 4532 12182  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH  
 
 
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