Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Feb 13, 2009, 3:01 PM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 14, 2009, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 23 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2009, 3:01 PM PST (23:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2009, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2009, 2:49 PM PST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Siskiyou County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 40 | 8 E Mount Shasta, CA | MOUNT SHASTA BOARD AND SKI PARK. REPORTED 40 INCHES IN 24 HOURS AT 5 AM PST SUNDAY. 36 INCHES OF THIS FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION APPROXIMATELY 5490 FEET TO 6880 FEET. |
| Feb 15, 5:36 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 1 S Mount Shasta, CA | 24 HOUR ACCUMULATION IN THE CITY. 16 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT THE SKI PARK IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...WITH 18 INCHES AT CASTLE LAKE. |
| Feb 15, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 W Mount Shasta, CA | OVER A FOOT SINCE 10 PM PST LAST NIGHT. WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 15 MPH WITH SOME DRIFTING. LOCATION IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE WEST OF THE MOUNT SHASTA CITY LIMITS. |
| Feb 15, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 3 Sse Mount Shasta, CA | 8PM PST SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH 8AM PST THIS SUNDAY MORNING. NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 89 AND INTERSTATE 5. |
| Feb 15, 8:47 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 21 | 4 Sw Weed, CA | 4 INCHES DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 17 INCHES FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 830 AM SUNDAY. |
| Feb 15, 9:12 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 1 S Mount Shasta, CA | SINCE 5 PM PST SATURDAY. STILL SNOWING. NO WIND. |
| Feb 15, 9:16 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 6 Nw Mount Shasta, CA | SPOTTER ESTIMATES APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 5 PM LAST NIGHT. GREATER THAN 3 FEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 15, 10:39 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 3 S Mccloud, CA | AMOUNT SINCE 5 PM PST SATURDAY. VERY HEAVY WET SNOW WITH 1.98 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT. HAS HAD 57 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE FEB 9TH. |
| Feb 15, 11:48 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 24 | 3 Nw Mount Shasta, CA | 24.0 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS |
| Feb 15, 12:08 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Ese Mount Shasta, CA | 12 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 15, 12:08 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 4 Ssw Weed, CA | AMOUNT SINCE 5 PM PST SATURDAY. PEAK WIND GUST TO 51 MPH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 3 TO 6 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 15, 2:11 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Ssw Tennant, CA | SNOW AMOUNT OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 30 INCHES ON GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KMFR 132301 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 301 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 CAZ082-083-140715- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.090215T0600Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 301 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THESE 18 HOUR ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL BE THE LEAST IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND THE HIGHEST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT SHASTA AND NEAR CASTLE LAKE AND MOUNT EDDY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW 13 TO 19 INCHES EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL 9 TO 15 INCHES ON SUNDAY. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ON 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIME. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN...BUT STALL IN THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ ORZ022-140715- /O.EXB.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.090214T0000Z-090214T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 301 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND INTO SOUTHWEST OREGON TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW LEVELS TO FALL TO 1000 TO 1500 FEET OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY ABOVE 1000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CAZ080-081-140715- /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.A.0004.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED 301 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 1500 FEET IN THE EVENING AND THEN FALL TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. A NEW AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING IN THE SHASTA AND SCOTT VALLEYS...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SCOTT VALLEY WILL SEE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH OF 30 TO 50 MPH IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET. WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ORZ024-140715- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 301 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL RESULT IN SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 1500 FEET IN THE EVENING AND THEN FALL TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BTL
11 follow-up statements
533 WWUS46 KMFR 132319 CCA WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 318 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 CAZ082-083-140745- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.090215T0600Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 318 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THESE 18 HOUR ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL BE THE LEAST IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND THE HIGHEST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT SHASTA AND NEAR CASTLE LAKE AND MOUNT EDDY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW WITH 7 TO 13 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 13 TO 19 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA SATURDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA ON SUNDAY. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ON 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN...BUT STALL IN THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ ORZ022-140745- /O.EXB.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.090214T0000Z-090214T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 318 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND INTO SOUTHWEST OREGON TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW LEVELS TO FALL TO 1000 TO 1500 FEET OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY ABOVE 1000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CAZ080-081-140745- /O.COR.KMFR.WS.A.0004.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED 318 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 1500 FEET IN THE EVENING AND THEN FALL TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. A NEW AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING IN THE SHASTA AND SCOTT VALLEYS...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SCOTT VALLEY WILL SEE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH OF 30 TO 50 MPH IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET. WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ORZ024-140745- /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 318 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL RESULT IN SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 1500 FEET IN THE EVENING AND THEN FALL TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BTL
000 WWUS46 KMFR 140734 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 CAZ082-083-141545- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 1134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOWFALL TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THESE 18 HOUR ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL BE THE LEAST IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND THE HIGHEST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT SHASTA AND NEAR CASTLE LAKE AND MOUNT EDDY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW WITH 7 TO 13 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 13 TO 19 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA SATURDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA ON SUNDAY. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ON 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN...BUT STALL IN THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ080-081-141545- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0004.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED 1134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE AREA ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. A NEW AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING IN THE SHASTA AND SCOTT VALLEYS...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SCOTT VALLEY WILL SEE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH OF 30 TO 50 MPH IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ORZ022-141200- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND INTO SOUTHWEST OREGON TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW LEVELS TO FALL TO 1000 TO 1500 FEET OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY ABOVE 1000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ORZ024-141500- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 1134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST WILL RESULT IN SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 1500 FEET BY MIDNIGHT AND THEN FALL TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FB
000 WWUS46 KMFR 141104 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 304 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 CAZ080-141915- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0004.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 304 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SCOTT VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ082-083-141915- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 304 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LEAST IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND HIGHEST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT SHASTA AND NEAR CASTLE LAKE AND MOUNT EDDY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BECOMING HEAVY. BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 20 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 12 TO 25 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. SO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT MODERATE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ081-141915- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0004.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 304 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2500 FEET IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING INLAND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ORZ024-141915- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 304 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE OREGON COAST WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 1000 TO 1500 FEET THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 2000 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 2500 FEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ORZ022-141215- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 304 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE OREGON COAST IS BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 1500 TO 1000 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 1000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CC
000 WWUS46 KMFR 141158 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 358 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ORZ022-141300- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 358 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH SNOW SHOWERS DECREASING DURING THE LATE MORNING. $$ CAZ080-141530- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 358 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 1000 FEET BY MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SCOTT VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ082-083-141530- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 358 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LEAST IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND HIGHEST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT SHASTA AND NEAR CASTLE LAKE AND MOUNT EDDY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BECOMING HEAVY. BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 20 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 12 TO 25 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. SO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT MODERATE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ081-141530- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 358 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2500 FEET FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING INLAND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ORZ024-141530- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 358 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2000 FEET FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE OREGON COAST WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 1000 TO 1500 FEET THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 2000 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 2500 FEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS46 KMFR 141454 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 654 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 CAZ080-142100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 654 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 1000 FEET. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SCOTT VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ082-083-142100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 654 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LEAST IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND HIGHEST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT SHASTA AND NEAR CASTLE LAKE AND MOUNT EDDY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BECOMING HEAVY. BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 20 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 12 TO 25 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. SO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT MODERATE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ081-142100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 654 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ORZ024-142100- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 654 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 2000 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 2500 FEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FB
000 WWUS46 KMFR 141720 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 920 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 CAZ080-150130- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 920 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOWFALL TODAY BEFORE LIGHT SNOW BEGINS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON PST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SCOTT VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ082-083-150130- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 920 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 PM PST. ANOTHER VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BECOMING HEAVY. BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 20 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 12 TO 25 INCHES ELSEWHERE NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. THEREFORE...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ081-150130- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 920 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR THIS MORNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ORZ024-150130- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090214T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 920 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR THIS MORNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 2000 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 2500 FEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BTL/CC
000 WWUS46 KMFR 142314 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 314 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 CAZ082-083-150715- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 314 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF OF THE COAST WILL CAUSE SOUTH WINDS ABOVE THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY FLOOR TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL TRANSPORT ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHWARD...FORCING IT RISE AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AT AND NEAR MOUNT SHASTA. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW FALL RATES LIKELY INCREASING TO ONE INCH AN HOUR OR MORE BY LATE EVENING. TONIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING...PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...RESULTING IN PERIODIC WHITE OUT...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO SNOW TO CONTINUE...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ080-150715- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 314 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON PST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SCOTT VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS OF VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THIS WILL CAUSE PERIODIC BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ ORZ028-150715- /O.EXB.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0600Z-090215T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 314 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SISKIYOUS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ CAZ081-150715- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 314 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN AND SNOW MIXED BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ORZ024-150715- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 314 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 2500 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BTL
000 WWUS46 KMFR 150659 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1059 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 CAZ082-083-151500- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 1059 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST IS BRINGING STRONG MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY HEAVY SNOW. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW FALL RATES LIKELY OF AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR OR MORE. TONIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...RESULTING IN PERIODIC WHITE OUT...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO SNOW TO CONTINUE...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ080-151500- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 1059 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2500 FEET UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA IS BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON PST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SCOTT VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS OF VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THIS WILL CAUSE PERIODIC BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ ORZ028-151500- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090215T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1059 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SISKIYOUS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ CAZ081-151500- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1059 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2500 FEET UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA IS BRINGING MODERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH WIND DRIVEN RAIN AND SNOW MIXED BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ORZ024-151500- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 1059 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2500 FEET UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL BRING MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 2500 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CC
000 WWUS46 KMFR 151517 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 717 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ORZ024-151630- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTS PASS 717 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 2500 FEET THIS MORNING BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNT WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ CAZ082-083-152330- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 717 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES NEAR MOUNT SHASTA AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...RESULTING IN PERIODIC WHITE OUT...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO SNOW TO CONTINUE...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ080-152000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 717 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY ABOVE 2500 FEET. NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET THROUGH NOON TODAY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS OF VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THIS WILL CAUSE PERIODIC BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ ORZ028-151800- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090215T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 717 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ CAZ081-152330- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 717 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ESPECIALLY NEAR WEED. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL ALSO CONTINUE TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND WILL TAPER OFF TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ FB
000 WWUS46 KMFR 151823 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1023 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 CAZ080-151930- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 1023 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO 3500 FEET THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL DURING THE DAY TODAY WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET. $$ CAZ081-151930- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1023 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE BREEZY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. ADDITIONALLY...ADDITIONAL SNOW FALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 2 INCHES OR LESS...CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTH OF YREKA NEAR WEED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. THESE DIMINISHED WIND SPEEDS...LIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...AND WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL PREVENT SNOW FROM BLOWING AROUND SUCH THAT IT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ028-151930- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090215T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1023 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WHILE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL OCCUR AT TIMES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET TODAY...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CAZ082-083-160000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 1023 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. THIS 2 TO 4 INCHES COMES ON TOP OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...STORM TOTALS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE 14 TO 24 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE VALLEYS TODAY...WHILE WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE LIKELY TO GUST 30 TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ABOVE 5500 FEET...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DOWN TO ABOUT 3500 FEET ELEVATIONS. AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO SNOW TO CONTINUE...GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ BTL
000 WWUS46 KMFR 152249 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 249 PM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL SPIN ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. CAZ082-083-161500- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0009.090215T2249Z-090217T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 249 PM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. DIMINISHED SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST IN THE MOUNT EDDY AND CASTLE LAKE AREAS...JUST EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA. ADDITIONALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A BIT MORE MONDAY AFTERNOON. WET SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT RAIN BELOW 3500 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN LESSER ACCUMULATIONS FOR THESE LOWER ELEVATION AREAS. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHTER AND MORE SHOWERY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BTL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 13, 9:00 AM PST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 9:00 AM PST, 6 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
900 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
.DISCUSSION...
SPOTTER REPORTS ARE STILL COMING IN FROM OVERNIGHT AS THE PRIMARY
PRECIPITATION BAND FROM THE FRONT SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF
LAKEVIEW. UPSLOPE EFFECTS ARE ALSO CONTINUING SNOWFALL ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MEANWHILE...THE NEXT PRECIPITATION BAND IS
CURRENTLY PUSHING ONTO THE COAST AND INTO WESTERN SISKIYOU AND
JOSEPHINE COUNTIES...AND INTO CURRY COUNTY.
THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OVERNIGHT ARE 3 TO 7 INCHES IN ASHLAND...8
INCHES AT MOUNT ASHLAND... AND AROUND A FOOT IN MOST OF MOUNT
SHASTA. PLEASE SEE LOCAL WARNING AND STORM REPORTS SECTION ON OUR
WEB PAGE FOR ALL LOCAL STORM REPORTS.
WE WILL BE ISSUING AN UPDATE TO THE FORECAST LATER THIS MORNING TO
ADJUST THE HEADLINES CURRENTLY OUT FOR THE CURRENT SYSTEM...WITH
UPDATES FOR THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM COMING THIS AFTERNOON. THE
GENERAL IDEA FOR TODAY IS THAT THE PRECIPITATION BAND COMING ONTO
THE COAST WILL MAINLY EFFECT CURRY AND WESTERN JOSEPHINE
COUNTIES...AND SISKIYOU COUNTY. OTHERWISE...JUST SOME SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE...SPREADING TO THE
WEST SIDE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOMEWHAT TONIGHT. FOR THE CURRENT
SYSTEM PLAN ON DROPPING WARNING TO ADVISORIES...BUT LIKELY
DROPPING HEADLINES FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS.
THE NEXT SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE A LONG DURATION EVENT FOCUSED ON THE
MOUNT SHASTA AREA. LUTZ
&&
.AVIATION...
LIFR CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE ROGUE VALLEY TO INCLUDE MEDFORD AND
THE UMPQUA BASIN IN AND AROUND ROSEBURG THIS MORNING. EXPECT THESE
LOW CLOUD DECKS AND THE FOG IN ROSEBURG TO BREAK UP LATER THIS
MORNING AS ANOTHER BAND OF INSTABILITY SHOWERS PIVOTS NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE AREA. IN THESE SHOWERS EXPECT GENERALLY MVFR
CONDITIONS WITH LOCALIZED IFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS...ALONG WITH
PLENTY OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS. FROM THE CASCADES EASTWARD MVFR
CONDITIONS EXIST WEST PORTION WITH IFR IN SNOW IN CALIFORNIA AND
NORTH AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW. EXPECT IMPROVEMENT THIS MORNING...RETURNING
TO SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO THIS MORNING WHEN SNOW SHOWERS RETURN
THIS MID AFTERNOON. BTL
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 354 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009/
SHORT TERM...A SURFACE LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 180 MILES OFF THE
COAST OF SOUTHERN OREGON. THIS LOW HAS A BROUGHT A FRONT INTO THE
AREA WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW FOR MANY LOCATIONS. HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ARE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN OREGON AND INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNT
SHASTA AREA WHERE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW IS PROVIDING AN ENHANCED
OROGRAPHIC EFFECT. THE FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED INLAND OVER
WESTERN DOUGLAS...JOSEPHINE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES. THIS FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE EAST TODAY AS THE LOW SHIFTS SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE
COAST. SNOW ACROSS THE AREA WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT TO MODERATE
SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE WATERS AS THE SURFACE
LOW BRING UNSTABLE COLD AIR ALOFT TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS THE
LOW PRESSURE CENTER GRADUALLY MOVES INLAND THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT ...EXPECT SHOWERS TO BE MODERATE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE NEXT PACIFIC LOW WILL TAKE A SIMILAR TRACK TO THE CURRENT LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE 00Z MODELS ARE SHOWING FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT
ON THE TRACK ON THIS LOW WITH IT FORECAST TO APPROACH THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER RUN TO RUN
DIFFERENCES IN THE MODEL INDICATE THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A
MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK THAT THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH
TODAY. SO MODELS ARE INDICATING A WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH
SLIGHTLY HIGHER SNOW LEVELS ...AROUND 2500 FEET AND RISING TO 3000
FEET SUNDAY. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SOUTHERLY FLOW
AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO FEED MOISTURE INTO THE MOUNT
SHASTA AREA WHERE ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. ELSEWHERE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND
FOOTHILLS...EXPECT GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. WINDS WILL
ALSO BE A CONCERN. THE NAM AND GFS SHOW SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AT 850
MB SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WOULD FAVOR GETTING POTENTIALLY STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS INTO THE ROGUE VALLEY. THE NAM IS A QUITE A BIT
STRONGER WITH THE SE WINDS THAN THE GFS. STRONG SOUTHERLY 700 MB
FLOW COMBINED WITH A MODERATE TO STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ON
SUNDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND WOULD ALSO FAVOR STRONG WINDS IN
THE SHASTA VALLEY. ALSO...OVER THE MOUNTAINS EXPECT GUSTY WINDS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
AVIATION...AS A FRONTAL BAND SPREAD INLAND IT IS BRING LOW
ELEVATION SNOW WITH RAIN ON THE COAST. HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING
OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ESPECIALLY NEAR MOUNT SHASTA. THE FRONT
WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES LATER THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THEN A SURFACE LOW MOVING INLAND WILL BRING SHOWERS WHICH WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT AREAS
MVFR CIGS THIS MORNING WITH ISOLATED IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW. WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON TO VFR WITH
AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS AND OBSCUREMENT OF TERRAIN NEAR SHOWERS.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR ORZ024-
ORZ028.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR ORZ023-
ORZ026.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ029.
CA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR CAZ080-
CAZ081-CAZ082-CAZ083.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ084-
CAZ085.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CAZ082-CAZ083.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PZZ356-PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY
FOR PZZ350-PZZ356-PZZ370-PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL NOON PST TODAY FOR PZZ370.
BTL/CCHazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 10:36 AM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1036 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 CAZ082-083-141200- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1036 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-081-ORZ024-141200- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- 1036 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 13, 10:59 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1059 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1059 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 W MOUNT SHASTA 41.32N 122.34W
02/13/2009 E12.0 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
FROM 6 PM TO 6 AM
&&
SUGDENLocal storm report, Feb 13, 11:13 AM PST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1113 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1111 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NW MOUNT SHASTA 41.35N 122.35W
02/13/2009 M9.5 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
FROM 4 PM TO 4 AM
1111 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 S MCCLOUD 41.22N 122.14W
02/13/2009 M12.0 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
FROM 5 PM TO 10 AM
&&
SUGDENLocal storm report, Feb 13, 11:34 AM PST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1134 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1131 AM SNOW 6 N WEED 41.50N 122.39W
02/13/2009 M4.9 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL FROM 10 PM TO 7 AM PST.
&&
DWLocal storm report, Feb 13, 11:42 AM PST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1142 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1142 AM HEAVY SNOW SSW TENNANT 41.58N 121.91W
02/13/2009 M11.0 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SUGDENLocal storm report, Feb 13, 12:30 PM PST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1230 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1229 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 W SISKIYOU SUMMIT 42.06N 122.60W
02/13/2009 M7.0 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
7 INCHES NEW SINCE LAST NIGHT...12 INCHES STORM
TOTAL...0.37 INCHES LIQUID
&&
SUGDENLocal storm report, Feb 13, 2:39 PM PST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
239 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW ESE MOUNT SHASTA 41.32N 122.31W
02/13/2009 M10.0 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOWING HEAVILY CURRENTLY
AT RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR. VISIBILITY ROUGHLY 1/4 OF A
MILE. SNOW SINCE NOON...2.5 INCHES.
&&
SPILDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 5:34 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 7 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:11 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:25 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.