UPDATE: Severe weather shelter to reopen in Washougal Thursday

The severe weather shelter at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Washougal will not be open tonight, due to an inadequate number of volunteers. The temporary overnight shelter, at 716 Washougal River Road,, Washougal, will reopen at 6 p.m.,Thursday, Feb. 22, and stay open to 7 a.m. Friday.

Temperatures are expected to dip into the mid 20s Thursday, putting the area’s homeless population at risk.

Barber said there were 17 volunteers who each worked one of four shifts at the overnight shelter Sunday. Fifteen volunteers, including some of the same people who helped Sunday, also volunteered Monday night.