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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Avalanche Warning
Northwest Avalanche Center
Relayed by National Weather Service Pendleton OR
505 PM PST Sat Feb 22 2025

The following message is transmitted at the request of the
Northwest Avalanche Center.

...The Northwest Avalanche Center in Seattle has issued an Avalanche
Warning...

* WHAT...Very dangerous conditions are expected overnight and
  continue into Sunday as heavy wet snow and rain overload a dry and
  weak snowpack. Very large natural avalanches may occur and could
  descend into lower elevation forested areas.

* WHERE...Areas near Mt Hood, Stevens Pass, Snoqualmie Pass, and the
  west slopes of the Cascades from I-90 to the Columbia River,
  including Crystal Mountain, Mt Rainier, White Pass, Mt Saint
  Helens, and Mt Adams. As well as the East slopes of the Cascades
  from the Canadian border to Lake Chelan, including Washington
  Pass, Methow Valley, and Twisp areas.

* WHEN...In effect from Saturday 600 PM PST to Sunday 600 PM PST.

* IMPACTS...Very large natural avalanches are expected. These will
  be more than enough to bury, injure, or kill backcountry travelers.

* PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Avoid all areas where
  avalanches can start, run, or stop. This includes openings in the
  forest well below large steep alpine slopes.

Consult https://www.nwac.us/ or www.avalanche.org for more detailed
information.

Similar avalanche danger may exist at locations outside the coverage
area of this or any avalanche center.


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HAHN/MW

Hydrologic Outlook
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Hydrologic Outlook
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
540 PM PST Sat Feb 22 2025

...MODERATE RAIN AND SNOWMELT DUE TO WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD
TO RISES ON STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

Synopsis: Rain and high mountain snow this weekend and early next
week will lead to rising water levels on area streams and rivers.
Total rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected in the Cascades
and 1 to 3 inches in the eastern Oregon mountains. In addition,
temperatures rising to the 40s and lower 50s in the mountains will
lead to snow melt adding even more water to area rivers and streams.

What: Precipitation and snow melt due to warmer temperatures this
weekend into early next week will lead to rises on area creeks,
streams and rivers. Rivers are low enough so that most rivers will
remain below bankfull. However, the Walla Walla River at Touchet,
the Klickitat River at Pitt, and the Naches River at Cliffdell are
expected to approach bankfull late Sunday night before receding
Monday and Tuesday. Another concern will be rapid rises on smaller
streams and creeks due to heavier downpours and snowmelt. This could
lead to debris flows on recent burn scars and over steep terrain.

When: Rain will continue through Monday with the heaviest rain
expected tonight and Sunday.

Where: The East Slopes of the Washington and Oregon Cascades, the
Simcoe Highlands, the Northern and Southern Blue Mountains, the Blue
Mountain Foothills of Washington and Oregon, Wallowa County and the
Grande Ronde Valley.

This Hydrologic Outlook will be updated as needed due to changing
conditions.

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MW

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