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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1034 AM PDT SAT MAY 16 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 LARCH MOUNTAIN, GOVERNMENT CAMP,
WILLAMETTE PASS, MT. ST. HELENS, INDIAN HEAVEN WILDERNESS, WALDO
LAKE, BENNETT PASS, LOST LAKE, SANTIAM PASS, BREITENBUSH SPRINGS,
TIMOTHY LAKE, TOMBSTONE SUMMIT, SANTIAM JUNCTION, AND MCKENZIE
PASS
1034 AM PDT SAT MAY 16 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET. STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES, HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT GOVERNMENT
CAMP, AND 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET. WINDS GUSTING
AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CASCADES OF OREGON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF MOST LIKELY 1 TO 4
INCHES AFTER 11 AM TODAY. THERE IS A 20% CHANCE OF AN ADDITIONAL 6
INCHES OR MORE AT PASS-LEVEL.
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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