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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
930 AM PST THU JAN 11 2007

...HEAVY SNOW STRIKES PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...

A QUICK BLAST OF WINTER SETTLED DOWN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OREGON DUMPING
UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE COAST IN ADDITION TO
COATING MANY OTHER PLACES WITH SNOW.  THE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION HAS
PERSISTED INTO THIS MORNING WITH MORE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED PARTICULARLY
IN AND AROUND PACIFIC CITY. 

THE FOLLOWING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS
OF 930 AM:

LOCATION                                       AMOUNT (INCHES) 
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...INLAND VALLEY...
WASHOUGHAL (900 FT)...........................  5
CAMAS (PRUNE HILL)............................  4
PHILOMATH.....................................  4
BRUSH PRAIRIE.................................  3
HOCKINSON.....................................  3
JASPER........................................  3
RIDGEFIELD....................................  3
CAMAS (LIVINGSTON MT).........................  3.5
SANDY.........................................  2.5
LEBANON.......................................  2
VANCOUVER (ORCHARDS)..........................  2
VANCOUVER (HAZEL DELL)........................  2
VANCOUVER (VANCOUVER HTS).....................  2
WEST HILLS....................................  2
CAMAS.........................................  2
KALAMA........................................  2
SALEM.........................................  1.5
VANCOUVER (CASCADE PARK)......................  1.5
CORVALLIS.....................................  1
SCAPPOOSE.....................................  1
SPRINGFIELD...................................  1



...COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...
BEACON ROCK...................................  4
CASCADE LOCKS.................................  3 
CORBETT.......................................  1.5
STEVENSON.....................................  1.5
HOOD RIVER....................................  1
BONNEVILLE DAM................................  0.5

...THE COAST...
MANZANITA (ON THE BEACH)...................... 12
BAYSIDE GARDEN................................ 11
NEHALEM.......................................  9
MANZANITA.....................................  6
VERNONIA (7 MI SSE)...........................  4
CANNON BEACH..................................  3
OCEAN PARK....................................  2.5
CAPE FOULWEATHER..............................  2
KLIPSAN BEACH.................................  1.5
KNAPPA........................................  1.5

...THE COAST RANGE...
BLODGETT......................................  8.5
BUXTON........................................  2
PUMPKIN RIDGE.................................  2
SUNSET SUMMIT.................................  2

...CASCADE FOOTHILLS...
HOCKINSON (1300 FT)...........................  3
SANDY.........................................  2.5
LEBANNON......................................  1

...CASCADES...
LAUREL MOUNTAIN............................... 10
GOVERNMENT CAMP...............................  7 
TIMBERLINE....................................  6
WILLAMETTE PASS...............................  6
LAUREL MOUNTAIN...............................  5
SKI BOWL......................................  5
HOO DOO.......................................  3
MT HOOD MEADOWS...............................  3


UPDATES WILL FOLLOW...

WOLFE
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