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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
854 PM PDT FRI MAY 15 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 WILLAMETTE PASS, BENNETT PASS,
BREITENBUSH SPRINGS, MT. ST. HELENS, INDIAN HEAVEN WILDERNESS,
LOST LAKE, TOMBSTONE SUMMIT, MCKENZIE PASS, SANTIAM JUNCTION,
TIMOTHY LAKE, GOVERNMENT CAMP, WALDO LAKE, SANTIAM PASS, AND
LARCH MOUNTAIN
854 PM PDT FRI MAY 15 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE
4000 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES, HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT GOVERNMENT CAMP. 12 TO
18 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 TO 5500 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 SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
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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