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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
224 PM PST WED DEC 11 2013

ORZ003>008-010-012-014>016-WAZ020-022-039-040-045-046-121415-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-
WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
WILLAPA HILLS-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...JEWELL...SUNSET SUMMIT...
LEES CAMP...TRASK...GRANDE RONDE...BURNT WOODS...TIDEWATER...
SWISSHOME...VENETA...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...
PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...
WILSONVILLE...STAYTON...DALLAS...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD...
CORVALLIS...ALBANY...SANDY...ESTACADA...SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...
SWEET HOME...VIDA...JASPER...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...PARKDALE...
ODELL...CORBETT...ROOSTER ROCK...MULTNOMAH FALLS...
CASCADE LOCKS...HOOD RIVER...WILLAPA...FRANCES...ELK MOUNTAIN...
RYDERWOOD...LONGVIEW...KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...VANCOUVER...
BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...LAKE MERWIN...
YALE LAKE...COUGAR...CARSON...STEVENSON...UNDERWOOD
224 PM PST WED DEC 11 2013

...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY IN THE INLAND AREAS
OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

A PACIFIC FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND BRING SOME
PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. SINCE THIS SYSTEM IS COMING OFF THE
PACIFIC...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN.
HOWEVER...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
IN INLAND VALLEYS THAT REMAIN ENTRENCHED IN A COLD AIR MASS.

THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO GET FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE COLUMBIA
RIVER GORGE AND UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY WHERE COLD AIR REMAINS.
THE GORGE WILL LIKELY BE THE LAST AREA FOR THE COLD AIR TO SCOUR
OUT AND MIGHT PERSIST UNTIL LATER THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TO GET A SHORT
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN FROM MID-MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON ON
THURSDAY BEFORE THE SOUTH WIND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT SCOURS
OUT THE COLD AIR. THE MORE PROBABLE AREAS ARE THE LOWER
COLUMBIA REGION FROM KELSO...SOUTHWARD TO THE PORTLAND METRO AREA
AS WELL AS RIVER VALLEYS DRAINING THE COAST RANGE AND FOOTHILLS.

SOME LOW-LYING AREAS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE
VALLEY WHERE SNOW COVER AND COLD TEMPERATURES PERSIST...MAY ALSO
BE VULNERABLE TO A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDDAY
THURSDAY.

THE SOUTH WIND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY SCOUR OUT
THE COLD AIR...SO BY LATE AFTERNOON ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE GORGE
SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING.

ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD MOST LIKELY BE LIGHT...ON THE ORDER OF
A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE LATEST FORECASTS AT
WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND.


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