{"id":1431428,"date":"2022-04-11T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431428"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:30:24","slug":"record-breaking-april-snow-hits-oregon-washington-131k-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-breaking-april-snow-hits-oregon-washington-131k-without-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-Breaking April Snow Hits Oregon, Washington; 131K Without Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frecord-breaking-april-snow-hits-oregon-washington-131k-without-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431428&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A storm in the pacific northwest dumped wet, heavy snow on the Portland, Oregon, metro area and southwest Washington, marking the first measurable April snowfall at the Portland International Airport on record.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSPortland\/status\/1513480229645287435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1513480229645287435%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">noted<\/a> that Portland International Airport documented the first-ever measurable snowfall in April since it began keeping records in April 1940.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 82 years of record keeping, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PDX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PDX<\/a> had never recorded more than a trace of snow in April.  That ended today.  Looking out the window, it appears there will be more than 0.1 inch when all is said and done. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MDJwSprOt\">pic.twitter.com\/0MDJwSprOt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Portland (@NWSPortland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSPortland\/status\/1513480229645287435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe National Weather Service predicted anywhere from a half inch to two inches of snow in Portland, and three to six inches at elevations above 500 feet, such as Council Crest,\u201d Oregon Live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2022\/04\/rare-record-breaking-april-snow-blankets-portland-area.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday morning, snow in downtown Portland totaled around two inches, while nearby areas received anywhere from two to eleven inches, KOIN Meteorologist Kelley Bayern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelleyKOIN\/status\/1513527564785967104\">wrote<\/a> in a tweet. Several feet of snow is expected to cover the Cascades, the National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/discussions\/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Preliminary snow totals \u2744\ufe0f so far this morning (shoutout <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephForecast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JosephForecast<\/a>) . We&#8217;ll continue to update this as more obs. come in. 2&#8243; in downtown Portland! Please send us any photos with measurements and location. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AprilSnow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AprilSnow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PDX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PDX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KOINNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KOINNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o62xg9drNM\">pic.twitter.com\/o62xg9drNM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelley Bayern (@KelleyKOIN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelleyKOIN\/status\/1513527564785967104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis kinda hits different in the spring. It\u2019s heavy, wet snow rather than the fluffy stuff we see in the winter,\u201d\u00a0KATU meteorologist Rhonda Shelby <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/portland-sees-first-significant-april-snow-in-over-80-years\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The storm set off a wave of disruption including school cancellations, power outages, and closed roads, KGW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/weather\/severe-weather\/portland-snow-april-2022\/283-22ca0aa0-a49b-4fbc-9697-fc9dbe37cac3\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2744 Good morning, snowy Portland! Downed trees have closed some roads this AM:<br \/>\u2013 NW Skyline Blvd is closed between West Burnside &#038; Cornell \u2013 NW Germantown Road is closed between Skyline &#038; Bridge Ave<br \/>\u2013 NW Skyline Blvd is closed between Newberry &#038; Germantown<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pdxtraffic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pdxtraffic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pdxtst?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pdxtst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hdRM1q3Jc1\">pic.twitter.com\/hdRM1q3Jc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Portland Bureau of Transportation (@PBOTinfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PBOTinfo\/status\/1513486902296387591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The outlet noted that school districts, including Portland, Tigard-Tualatin, and Beaverton, called off school Monday, as the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) announced downed trees have resulted in multiple road closures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cThe upper elevations is where we\u2019re seeing the most problems,\u201d said ODOT spokesperson Don Hamilton, KATU reported. \u201cSlow down, be careful, watch out for the other vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians on the roads.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TREE DOWN: En route driving   eastbound \u2013 and sure enough, saw this. Tree fell over on NW 13th &#038; Marshall. Yes, unfortunately on top of a car.<\/p>\n<p>With trees already flourishing this time of year such wet, heavy snow this morning \u2013 it\u2019s really weighing down the branches. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiveOnK2?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiveOnK2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTBE3yLsHZ\">pic.twitter.com\/rTBE3yLsHZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Torres (@NikkiTorresTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiTorresTV\/status\/1513483121919889418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of 9:00 a.m. PST, PowerOutage.us <a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/area\/state\/oregon\">reported<\/a> that 59,540 customers in Multnomah County, which includes the city of Portland, were without power, while another 8,389 customers in neighboring Washington County were experiencing outages. In Columbia County, 2,371 of 4,546 customers lost power, as did 688 of 770 customers in Wasco County.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, 16,814 customers were without power in Cowlitz County, and 16,250 in Clark County were <a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/area\/state\/washington\">experiencing<\/a> outages as of 9:00 a.m. PST.<\/p>\n<p>Between the two states more than 131,800 customers were without power as of 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>A winter weather advisory was put in place until 10:00 a.m. PST Monday, according to KGW.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTemperatures will show slow warming from mid-morning into the noon hour,\u201d KGW meteorologist Rod Hill said. \u201cThis afternoon will see scattered rain showers with hail, and valley highs warming into the 40s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He noted that flurries could fall early morning Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A storm in the pacific northwest dumped wet, heavy snow on the Portland, Oregon, metro area and southwest Washington, marking the first measurable April snowfall at the Portland International Airport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}