Interactive NWS Alert Information

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
147 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

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NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...OAKRIDGE...
MOUNT ST. HELENS
147 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES...THE CASCADES IN LANE
COUNTY...AND THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES... 
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST
MONDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES...THE CASCADES IN LANE
COUNTY...AND THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY HEAVY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW APPEARS LIKELY ABOVE 
  3000 FEET...WITH 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 4000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS...RISING THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH AS 5500 FEET IN THE
  LANE COUNTY CASCADES...AND TO 3000 FEET FROM MOUNT HOOD NORTH.
  SNOW LEVELS THEN FALLING AGAIN BY LATE EVENING...TO 1500 TO 2000
  FEET BY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PASSES
  CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONGEST WIND
  GUSTS WILL REACH 60 MPH TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...RESULTING
  IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITES FALLING TO 1/4 MILE OR
  LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...STRONG WINDS...AND POOR 
  VISIBILITY WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT 
  TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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