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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
5 PM PST TUE JAN 16 2007

...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED FOR TUESDAYS SNOW ADVISORY...

 WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IT DID NOT 
TAKE MUCH MOISTURE FROM A WEAK PACIFIC COLD FRONT TO DROP 1 TO 5 
INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA AND PARTS OF THE 
NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLLEY. PRECIPITATION 
STARTED AS FREEZING RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY BEFORE SWITCHING 
OVER TO LIGHT SNOW MID-MORNING. IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA 
PRECIPITATION STARTED AS SNOW BETWEEN 5 AND 630 AM...AND VARIED IN 
INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TURNING SHOWERY AROUND 
NOON.
 
SPOTTER REPORTS FROM THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS GIVE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS:

IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...
  WOODLAND.......................   7 INCHES
  LA CENTER......................   6 (NEAR COWLITZ COUNTY LINE)
  NEAR HOCKINSON.................   4 TO 5
  WASHOUGAL......................   5
  LA CENTER......................   5
  BRUSH PRAIRIE..................   4
  BATTLEGROUND...................   3
  VANCOUVER (SOUTHEAST)..........   3
  VANCOUVER (WALNUT GROVE).......   3
  CAMAS..........................   3


IN AND NEAR NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
  SANDY..........................   5 TO 6 INCHES
  PORTLAND (LLOYD CENTER AREA)...   5 
  PORTLAND (LAURELHURST).........   4
  SCAPPOOSE......................   4
  ALOHA..........................   4
  PORTLAND (DOWNTOWN)............   4
  MULTNOMAH......................   4
  TROUTDALE......................   4
  FAIRVIEW.......................   4
  PORTLAND (WEST HILLS)..........   4
  BEAVERTON......................   3 TO 4
  GRESHAM........................   4
  LAKE OSWEGO....................   4
  TIGARD.........................   4
  HAPPY VALLEY...................   3.5
  PARKROSE (NE PORTLAND).........   3.5
  CORBET.........................   2 TO 4 
  NORTH PORTLAND.................   3
  FOREST GROVE...................   3
  ZIGZAG.........................   3
  PORTLAND (NWS OFFICE ON 122ND).   3
  PORTLAND (AIRPORT).............   3
  GLADSTONE......................   2
  GRESHAM........................   2

COAST RANGE...
  VERNONIA.......................   1 INCH

CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
  MCMINNVILLE....................   4 INCHES
  SILVERTON......................   3
  AURORA.........................   2.5 
  WOODBURN.......................   2 TO 3
  SALEM..........................   2
  JUNCTION CITY..................   1
  EUGENE.........................   0.5 TO 1 INCH


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