The Local Alert Weather Day for Wednesday has been issued as a way to reinforce the concept of inconvenient weather that will impact your plans. No need to cancel them, just be prepared. We count the wintry patterns for the high desert as our coverage area, the mountains are going to be significantly impacted, but
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BEND, Ore (KTVZ) – There is the chance for a few rain or mixed showers this morning in Deschutes and Crook Counties but a clearing is expected by lunchtime today. Today should be pretty uneventful otherwise. Temperatures are near normal, in the upper 30s and lower 40s.Conditions will stay dry through your daylight hours on
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BEND, Ore (KTVZ) -A system moving across the region today will bring high winds to much of Oregon and chances for snow and rain. The strength of the incoming winds has become a little clearer for the region, so we’ve gone ahead and issued a Local Alert Weather Day today because it could impact your
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BEND, Ore (KTVZ) -We’ve issued another Local Alert Weather Day due to the possibility of flooding. Rain and the chance for an early wintry mix will continue through the first half of the day. The Tri-Counties will pick up another half inch of rain, give or take, before the day is up. Rain totals yesterday
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BEND, Ore (KTVZ) – We have issued a Local Alert Weather Day today due to moderate to heavy rain bringing flood concerns to most of our viewing area. Precipitation will continue through the first half of Friday so we’ve decided to extend the Alert Day into Friday as well.Rain totals through Friday will likely fall
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A powerful windstorm swept through Central Oregon Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with winds whipping up to 60 miles per hour. The combination of strong gusts and loose soil caused by recent rain left trees toppled around the region. Chief Meteorologist John Carroll explained, “It was kind of a perfect scenario, with
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Bend, Ore (KTVZ)–Â The KTVZ Local Alert Weather Team has issued a Local Alert Day for Thursday that will extend into Friday morning.Another Atmospheric River is expected to set up Thursday and provide significant rainfall to the Valley, Coastal Range and the Cascades. There may be some light snow early Thursday that will impact the commute,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Pacific Power is keeping a close eye on a storm system moving into parts of Oregon and Washington, as KTVZ News has issued a Local Alert Weather Day for high winds. Forecasters say strong gusts and heavy rain could lead to power outages in the coming days.   Pacific Power’s meteorology team
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for the time frame of Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon. Gusty winds will impact travel and the wet period ahead of the winds may compromise some root systems. Trees or tree limbs may fall on power lines. Localized power outages may
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The winds are expected to gust near 40 – 45 mph Wednesday with rainy conditions. The trees still have a good amount of leaves on them and the wind will may push over some trees, or limbs. The rain this week may have weakened or compromised the root systems of our trees so there may
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A series of weather events pushed through the region began Friday with the wind and was followed Saturday with the rain and wind. Today we are dealing with snow on the mountains and gusty winds. The event today is more impactful for the mountain locations and passes as the snow level has dropped below the
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Today will be another Local Alert Day with the region getting snow and rain off and on. Today expect to see gusty winds near 30 mph, not quite as robust as Friday, but still concerning. Batten down the hatches today and Sunday and make sure not to inflate your Halloween decorations as they may be
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A Local Alert Weather Day has been issued for Friday and Sunday. Friday’s impacts are about the wind while Sunday will bring heavy mountain snow, and chances for snow and a wintry mix in the high desert. he incoming storm is not incredibly strong, but is the first of the season.A Wind Advisory will be
Continue Reading Overnight Sunday into Monday the area will receive a mix of rain and snow that will impact the morning commute. There is a Winter Weather Advisory in place for portions of the Central Oregon beginning at 4 pm Sunday afternoon through Monday morning with the bulk of the wintry weather occurring overnight. The snow level
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Bend, OR (KTVZ) -It was a stormy weekend for many Central Oregonians. Storms will continue this afternoon, embedded in off and on widespread showers. We’ve issued a Local Alert Weather Day today due to the chance of storms. We could see a few stronger cells develop. Hail, lightning, and brief downpours are possible underneath storms.
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QUICK FACTSLocation: Crook County, eastern Douglas County, and eastern Lane CountyEnd date: Sunday evening, Sept. 7Smoke source: Emigrant Fire and Marks Creek Fire The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Friday, Sept. 5, for Crook County and eastern Douglas and Lane counties due to smoke from the Emigrant
Continue Reading Friday afternoon will bring showers and storms to the region with brief heavy rain and abundant lightning. This will not be an all-day event, but around drive time Friday a line of storms is expected to develop across Central Oregon. If you are heading home early for the weekend and want to get in a
Continue Reading BEND, Ore (KTVZ). The cloud cover and the light rain have been a welcomed addition to the region. The light rain has helped suppress the smoke in the region and the clouds have kept the temperatures in the 70s. The chance for some isolated storms in the region has kept the Local Alert Day in
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Bend, OR (KTVZ) -10AM UPDATE: AIR QUALITY CONCERNS ACROSS CENTRAL OREGONAir quality is slightly unhealthy to unhealthy this morning. Be aware of smoke through Deschutes County today. Poor air quality is expected to continue in some areas. A ridge of high pressure has found a comfy spot on the west coast and will stay here
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. — The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Watch for several regions across Oregon beginning the morning of Friday, August 22, and continuing through Sunday evening. Affected areas include the Central and Southern Willamette Valley, Greater Vancouver Metro, Lower Columbia and Cowlitz River Valleys, Portland Metro Hills, Tualatin Valley, Inner Portland Metro, West Columbia River Gorge
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