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AVALANCHE WARNING
NORTHWEST WEATHER AND AVALANCHE CENTER 
SEATTLE WASHINGTON
600 PM PST THU MAY 01 2014

THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE TERRAIN AND DOES NOT 
APPLY TO HIGHWAYS OR OPERATING SKI AREAS.

WAZ513-518-519-019-ORZ011-022300-

...AVALANCHE WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS...WASHINGTON CASCADES NEAR AND 
WEST OF THE CREST...MT HOOD AREA IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY...

VERY WARM WEATHER ON THE HEELS OF LAST WEEK'S HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL 
CONTINUE THE HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER INTO FRIDAY. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE 
TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED ON FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE WWW.NWAC.US FOR 
MORE DETAILS. 

UNUSUALLY SEVERE AVALANCHE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED EAST OF THE 
CREST BUT SLIGHTLY LESS THAN WARNING CRITERIA.  

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS WARRANTED. FOR HOURLY MOUNTAIN 
WEATHER DATA AND COMPLETE FORECAST DETAILS PLEASE VISIT WWW.NWAC.US

BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ELEVATION AND GEOGRAPHIC 
DISTINCTIONS ARE APPROXIMATE AND THAT A TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN 
DANGERS EXISTS. THERE ARE ALSO AVALANCHE SAFE AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS 
DURING ALL LEVELS OF AVALANCHE DANGER.

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DAMICO/NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER


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