WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

 

COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VERNONIA, JEWELL, SUNSET SUMMIT,
LEES CAMP, AND TRASK
426 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2021

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 500 FEET…

* WHAT…SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES
BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 1000 FEET.

* WHERE…COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON.

* WHEN…FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS…ROADWAYS, SUCH AS STATE HIGHWAYS 26 AND 6 AT PASS
LEVEL, MAY BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM
EARLY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. EXPECT AREAS OF 1 TO 2 INCH
ACCUMULATIONS BELOW 500 FEET IN THE NOTORIOUS COLDER LOCATIONS
SUCH AS STALEYS JUNCTION AND TIMBER JUNCTION ALONG HIGHWAY 26.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES, ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING OVER THE COAST
RANGE PASSES.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.