Winter Storm Watch in effect from late tonight through Thursday evening
...FIRST BOUT OF WINTER WEATHER THIS FALL FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON... .AN ARCTIC FRONT HAS BROUGHT STRONG EAST WINDS AND A COLDER AND DRY AIR MASS TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. MOISTURE FROM A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IN COMBINATION WITH CONTINUING BRISK EAST WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGE...CLARK COUNTY...NORTH AND CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY...SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON CASCADES AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN TRANSITION SLOWLY TO SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY... STARTING MOSTLY AS A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY IMPACT THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGE...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY.
* WINDCHILL...BRISK EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO NEAR WELL BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE TOGETHER WITH BRISK EAST WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON
Instructions:
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Address/Location
Tillamook County Emergency Management
201 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 503-842-3412
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Watch