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Heavy Snow Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR

March 8, 2006Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this heavy snow warning at Mar 8, 2006, 7:30 PM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 9, 2006, 4:02 AM PST. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2006, 7:30 PM PST (03:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2006, 4:02 AM PST
Expired: Mar 10, 2006, 1:45 AM PST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heavy snow warning went out at Mar 8, 3:00 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 3:00 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 4:01 PM PST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 5:41 PM PST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 2:35 PM PST	Freeze Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine	24 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Oregon, 2006 Heavy Snow Warnings in California, 2006 Every heavy snow warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.