Ice Storm Warning in effect until Sunday, 10:00 PM PST
Source: U.S. National Weather Service
…ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA…
* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE METRO AREA IN LOCATIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLD EAST WIND COMING OUT OF THE GORGE AND TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO FREEZING. SOME OUTLYING AREAS WHERE THE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING WILL BE JUST RAIN.
* ICE ACCUMULATION…UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IN THE METRO AREA. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION IN THE EAST METRO AREA NEAR THE GORGE OUTLET.
* WINDS NEAR THE GORGE…EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH NEAR THE GORGE OUTLET. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND WIND MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND BRANCHES AS WELL AS POWER LINES…LEADING TO POWER DISRUPTIONS IN SOME AREAS. PUBLIC TRANSIT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE ICE…INCLUDING RAIL LINES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS WITH ICE ON SIDE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
