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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
1021 AM PDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
ORZ116>118-180815-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FR.Y.0005.260418T0800Z-260418T1500Z/  
BENTON COUNTY LOWLANDS-LINN COUNTY LOWLANDS-LANE COUNTY LOWLANDS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MONROE, LEBANON, CRESWELL, PHILOMATH,  
JUNCTION CITY, ALBANY, CORVALLIS, COTTAGE GROVE, BROWNSVILLE,  
EUGENE, HARRISBURG, AND SPRINGFIELD  
1021 AM PDT FRI APR 17 2026  
   
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT SATURDAY
 
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 34 TO 36 DEGREES WILL RESULT IN  
FROST FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
CONSIDER TEMPORARILY MOVING OUTDOOR POTTED PLANTS INDOORS IF THEY  
ARE SENSITIVE TO COLD TEMPERATURES.  
 
CONSIDER TEMPORARILY COVERING SENSITIVE PLANTS WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT  
COTTON FABRIC (I.E., BEDSHEETS, THIN BLANKETS), AS THIS WILL HELP  
RETAIN HEAT AND PROVIDE FROST PROTECTION FOR YOUR PLANTS.  
 

 
 

 
 
ORZ121-180815-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FR.Y.0005.260418T0800Z-260418T1500Z/  
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARKDALE AND ODELL  
1021 AM PDT FRI APR 17 2026  
   
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT SATURDAY
 
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 34 TO 36 DEGREES WILL RESULT IN  
FROST FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE GREATEST RISK FOR FROST FORMATION WILL BE  
IN AREAS ABOVE 1500 FEET.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
CONSIDER TEMPORARILY MOVING OUTDOOR POTTED PLANTS INDOORS IF THEY  
ARE SENSITIVE TO COLD TEMPERATURES.  
 
CONSIDER TEMPORARILY COVERING SENSITIVE PLANTS WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT  
COTTON FABRIC (I.E., BEDSHEETS, THIN BLANKETS), AS THIS WILL HELP  
RETAIN HEAT AND PROVIDE FROST PROTECTION FOR YOUR PLANTS.  
 

 
 

 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND  
 
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