PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Severe weather is rolling through the Willamette Valley Saturday. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties in southwest Washington expired at 6:30 p.m.
Much of western Oregon and southwest Washington Saturday are part of a KOIN 6 Weather Alert . Storms are expected to track north through the evening hours.
KOIN Weather Alerts
There is a moderate chance of lightning, localized flooding and some hail attached with these storms. The greatest threat is between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. as the storms move north into Southwest Washington.
The heaviest of the weather is expected to be done by 10 p.m., possibly as late as midnight.
Portland and Vancouver’s severe weather threat will start to decrease around midnight going into Sunday.
Power Outages
As of 6:15 p.m., there are about 13,000 customers in the Oregon/Southwest Washington corridor that are without power — About 8000 from PGE, about 3000 from Pacific Power and another 2500 from Clark County PUD.