Winter Weather — Upper Hood River Valley, Oregon

2014-01-28 to 2014-01-29 · Upper Hood River Valley, Oregon

Event narrative

Freezing rain impacted the upper hood river valley area with two reports from the public of ice accumulations around 0.25 inch just northwest of Parkdale on Trout Creek Road (1500 feet elevation).

Wider weather episode

East winds help trap cold air into the Upper Hood River and Central Columbia River Gorge areas as a Pacific frontal system produced freezing rain with light ice accumulations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 496908. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.