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Winter Storm in Central Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Winter Storm December 19, 2016 · Central Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

Estimate the Columbia Gorge had around 0.2 to 0.5 inch of ice accumulation as temperatures in the lower 30s with reports of snow and freezing rain in Hood River.

The wider storm

A warmer low pressure system moved into to Northwest Oregon, bringing high winds along the North and Central Oregon Coast. Cold east winds through the Columbia River Gorge continued for the first part of the event, leading to light accumulations of snow and sleet in portions of far northwest Oregon and higher accumulations in the Columbia River Gorge and Hood River Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 672951. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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