Closures Announced in Western Oregon & SW Washington Over Storm

The closures will be updated throughout the evening.

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(SALEM, Ore.) - Closures and repairs are taking place simultaneously in Oregon as utility crews deal with massive amounts of rain from a wind-driven lightning and thunder storm.

A multiple alarm fire is reportedly burning in Keizer, Oregon. We will bring you more information on that as it becomes available.

We will update the following information as it becomes available.

Medical:

Salem Health: Salem Hospital has cancelled tonight's 7:00 p.m. childbirth preparation class.

School Meetings & Graduations:

The Green Mountain School District graduation that was canceled Thursday due to the power outage and downed trees from the thunderstorms, has been rescheduled to Friday, June 5th, at 7:00 p.m.

The Reynolds School District Budget Committee meeting for Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm at Reynolds High School District is canceled due to the storm warning.

Marion Co. Schools:

Woodburn Sch. Dist.: The Graduation Ceremony tonight (June 4th) has been cancelled due to unsafe weather and a lack of electricity. It is rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 5th on the high school football field.

Public Schools

Polk Co. Schools:

Dallas Sch. Dist.: Morrison Graduation moved to Dallas High School Gym 7:30 pm. Grads meet in DHS forum at 7:00 p.m UPDATE

Yamhill Co. Schools:

Yamhill-Carlton Sch. Dist.: Due to storms and intermitten loss of power 8th Grade Promotion is cancelled for tonight. Rescheduled for Monday, June 8th, 7:00 p.m.

Private Colleges & Universities:

Marylhurst University: Closed Thursday evening due to storm

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers: Due to severe weather warnings, New Horizons classes are cancelled for the evening of June 4, 2009.

Public Colleges & Universities:

Portland Community College: Portland Community College's Capital Center is closed and classes are cancelled the evening of June 4 due to a power outage. All other PCC campuses and centers remain open.

Utilities:

Clark Public Utilities: About 1,200 customers of Clark Public Utilities are without electric service due to today's weather.

Scattered outages, caused by downed trees and limbs, are affecting customers in the Battle Ground, Ridgefield, La Center, Woodland and Amboy areas, Crews are working to restore power and expect many of these customers to have power restored by midnight. Some work will extend into early Friday morning. UPDATE

Cowlitz County PUD: Cowlitz PUD line crews are working to complete repairs to damaged power lines and poles caused earlier in the evening by lightning and high winds.

As of 10:00 p.m. 350 are without electricity and are expected to be out beyond midnight, including an area along Lewis River Road a few miles east of Woodland and the Kid Valley area east of Toutle. The first outage of the evening was called in at 5:35 p.m. and involved much of the Lewis River Road area. At the peak of the outages about 7:00 p.m. 5,300 Cowlitz County customers were out of power.

Areas of the county where power has been restored include Ariel, Cougar, Toutle, Silver Lake, West Side Highway from the Delameter area north, the Barnes Road and Old Pacific Hwy. north of Castle Rock and Clark Creek Road west of Longview. Cowlitz PUD serves 48,200 electric customers in Cowlitz County, WA. Customers may call (360) 423-2210 or WA toll free (800) 631-1131 to report power outages or other electric-related emergencies. UPDATE

ODOT/Portland, Mt. Hood: I-84 East on ramp open Earlier today I-84 east bound on ramp from Grand Avenue was closed due to fallen tree on vehicle. No injuries reported. ODOT crews have now reopened the open ramp. UPDATE

PGE: As of 10:45 p.m., about 21,500 PGE customers are without power due to wind-related outages, with Marion and Washington counties reporting larger, concentrated outages. At 6 p.m., during the peak of the storm, 50,000 PGE customers were without service. PGE crews (including several contracts crews) will continue to work through the night and into the morning to restore power.

As always, safety is our No. 1 priority. We remind people to stay away from downed utility lines. Customers should report outages and downed utility lines by calling 503-464-7777 in Portland, 503-399-7717 in Salem, or 1-800-544-1795. UPDATE