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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Mar 22, 2011, 8:55 AM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 55 hr. 20 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
- Mar 22, 2011, 8:55 AM PDT (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2011, 3:08 AM PDT
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Siskiyou County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM PDT | SNOW 0.5 | W Dunsmuir, CA | FELL AS RAIN SNOW MIX. SO SOME MELTED ON CONTACT. 4.5K FT |
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM PDT | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Wsw Dunsmuir, CA | 1.5 ACCUM, BUT 2IN HAS FALLEN. AT 3.5K FT |
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM PDT | SNOW 3 | 1 Sse Mount Shasta, CA | 18HRS. AT 3.5K FT |
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM PDT | SNOW 3 | 5 Nw Mount Shasta, CA | OVERNIGHT |
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM PDT | SNOW 8 | 6 Ene Mount Shasta, CA | OVERNIGHT. VERY WET SNOW NOW. |
| Mar 23, 3:03 PM PDT | SNOW 0.5 | 2 Sw Macdoel, CA | VERY LIGHT SNOW. JUST ENOUGH TO COVER GROUND AND THEN MELTED |
| Mar 23, 3:03 PM PDT | SNOW 2 | N Tennant, CA | OVERNIGHT AT 4850FT. STILL 36IN ON GROUND |
| Mar 23, 3:03 PM PDT | SNOW 6 | 4 Sw Weed, CA | 15HR TOTAL. 4000FT. .58 PW EQUIV |
| Mar 23, 3:03 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | S Tennant, CA | OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING |
| Mar 24, 7:15 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 6 Nw Mount Shasta, CA | NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM AROUND 8 PM LAST NIGHT. CURRENTLY STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 24, 8:25 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 2 | N Tennant, CA | PAST HOUR. ESTIMATED WIND 35 GUSTING TO 45 MPH. TINY FLAKES LOTS OF DRIFTING. |
| Mar 24, 9:18 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Sse Mount Shasta, CA | 6 HOUR TOTAL |
| Mar 24, 10:30 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 4 Sw Weed, CA | 3PM TO 8AM. WATER EQUIVALENT 1.50. SNOWING AT 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 65 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Mar 24, 11:00 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Sse Mount Shasta, CA | 845AM TO 1130AM. 12 INCHES SINCE IT STARTED LAST NIGHT. |
| Mar 24, 11:00 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 W Mount Shasta, CA | 11PM TO 11AM. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. SE WINDS AT AROUND 20 MPH. |
| Mar 24, 12:00 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Ese Mount Shasta, CA | MIDNIGHT TO NOON. VIS 200 YARDS. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 4 Sw Weed, CA | BETWEEN 8 AM AND 2 PM THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 10.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE WATER CONTENT WAS 0.94 INCHES. THE SNOWDEPTH IS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 63 AND 65 INCHES. |
| Mar 24, 3:45 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Sse Mount Shasta, CA | 1130AM TO 345PM. NOT SNOWING AT PRESENT. |
| Mar 24, 7:14 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | N Tennant, CA | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Mar 24, 9:48 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Sse Mount Shasta, CA | ACCUMULATION 4PM TO 930PM. |
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, 3.9 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
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
432 WWUS46 KMFR 221555 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 855 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .TWO PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY. AREAS NEAR MOUNT SHASTA WILL SEE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THEN A SECOND STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AS WELL AS NEAR MOUNT SHASTA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. CAZ083-230000- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 855 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET MAY RECEIVE 2 TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97 WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW... MAINLY SOUTH OF MACDOEL. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-230000- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 855 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET MAY RECEIVE 3 TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-230000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0006.110324T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 855 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA ROUTE 3 NEAR THE SCOTT MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
11 follow-up statements
861 WWUS46 KMFR 222123 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 223 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .TWO PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY. AREAS NEAR MOUNT SHASTA WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A SECOND STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. CAZ083-230530- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 223 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97...MAINLY SOUTH OF MACDOEL. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-230530- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 223 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET MAY RECEIVE 3 TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY. STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ080-230530- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0006.110324T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 223 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 3 AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 96...INCLUDING FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CC
790 WWUS46 KMFR 230023 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 523 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .TWO PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY. AREAS NEAR MOUNT SHASTA WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A SECOND STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. CAZ083-231100- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 523 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97...MAINLY SOUTH OF MACDOEL. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-231100- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.110323T0300Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 523 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET MAY RECEIVE 3 TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY. STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-231100- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0015.110323T0300Z-110323T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0006.110324T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 523 PM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN ANOTHER 7 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 3 AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 96...INCLUDING FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ STOCKTON
186 WWUS46 KMFR 231020 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 320 AM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT... .TWO STRONG PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FEET. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO TODAY AND BRING A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY DECREASE FOR A SHORT TIME TONIGHT BUT THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN WITH EVEN HEAVIER SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW AND INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. CAZ080-231800- /O.UPG.KMFR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110323T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0006.110324T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 320 AM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES TODAY AND TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 10 TO 15 INCHES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 4000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL RESUME THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...AND HIGHWAY 96. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ083-231800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 320 AM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 8 TO 12 INCHES TOMORROW THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES MAY DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL RESUME TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-231800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 320 AM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES TOMORROW THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES MAY DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL RESUME TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE...MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WRIGHT
820 WWUS46 KMFR 231940 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1240 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW... .TWO STRONG PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FEET. THE FIRST SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TODAY BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. CAZ083-240000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 1240 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 18 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. ABOVE 6000 FEET...UP TO 3 FEET OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM GRASS LAKE SOUTH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW...GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ080-082-240000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 1240 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY 10 TO 20 INCHES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR MOUNT SHASTA. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2500 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW...GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD...ETNA * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY...HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
341 WWUS46 KMFR 232144 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 244 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW... .TWO STRONG PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FEET. THE FIRST SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TODAY BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. CAZ083-240545- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 244 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED EARLY TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET MAY SEE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM GRASS LAKE AND TENNANT SOUTHWARD. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-240545- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 244 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 9 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY 10 TO 20 INCHES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 3500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND WILL LOWER TO 2000 FEET LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW ARRIVES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...PERIODS OF GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MOUNT SHASTA CITY. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY...AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-240545- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 244 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY 8 TO 14 INCHES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 4000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2000 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CC
235 WWUS46 KMFR 240543 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1043 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW... .TWO STRONG PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FEET. THE FIRST SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TODAY BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. CAZ083-241345- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 1043 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED EARLY TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET MAY SEE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM GRASS LAKE AND TENNANT SOUTHWARD. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-241345- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 1043 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 9 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY 10 TO 20 INCHES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 3500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND WILL LOWER TO2000 FEET LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW ARRIVES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...PERIODS OF GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MOUNT SHASTA CITY. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY... AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ080-241345- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 1043 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY 8 TO 14 INCHES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 4000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2000 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... GRADUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
099 WWUS46 KMFR 241017 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 317 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A SECOND STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT. CAZ083-241800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 317 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM GRASS LAKE AND TENNANT SOUTHWARD. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-241800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 317 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL HOVER AROUND 3000 FEET AND OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST PERIODS OF SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MOUNT SHASTA CITY. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY... AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-241800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 317 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL HOVER NEAR 3000 FEET AND MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS 2000 FEET DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BREAK BRANCHES AND TOPPLE TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WRIGHT
214 WWUS46 KMFR 241619 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 919 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT. CAZ081-250030- /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T0500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 919 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS SOUTH OF WEED. * TIMING: SNOW CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SOUTH WEED AND AREAS SOUTHWARD TO BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: THE AREA INCLUDING I-5 SOUTH FROM WEED WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ083-250030- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 919 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM GRASS LAKE AND TENNANT SOUTHWARD. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-250030- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 919 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * ELEVATION: SNOW WILL FALL DOWN TO 2000 FEET BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MOUNT SHASTA CITY. ABOVE 5000 FEET WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY... AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-250030- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 919 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BREAK BRANCHES AND TOPPLE TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ STAVISH
987 WWUS46 KMFR 242159 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 CAZ083-250600- /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 259 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES ARE ON TAP THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM GRASS LAKE AND TENNANT SOUTHWARD. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOWS MAY BRING ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT..BUT RATES SHOULD REMAIN AN INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING WITH INCREASING SNOWFALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ CAZ082-250600- /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 259 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE NEXT STORM FRIDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH SEVERAL INCHES LIKELY DOWN TO 2500 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW WILL FALL DOWN TO 2000 FEET BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD REMAIN AN INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING...WITH INCREASING SNOWFALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY... AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ CAZ080-250600- /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 259 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN ABOVE 4000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE LOCALLY MODERATE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES WILL MOSTLY REMAIN BELOW AN INCH PER HOUR. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING...WITH INCREASING SNOWFALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BREAK BRANCHES AND TOPPLE TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CAZ081-250500- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T0500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 259 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING SOUTH OF WEED... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING SOUTH OF WEED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS SOUTH OF WEED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT SNOWFALL RATES WILL REMAIN BELOW AN INCH PER HOUR. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SOUTH WEED AND AREAS SOUTHWARD TO BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: THE AREA INCLUDING I-5 SOUTH FROM WEED WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ STAVISH
333 WWUS46 KMFR 250450 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 950 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 CAZ081-250600- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T0500Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 950 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. UP TO 2 INCHES ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN END OF THE VALLEY THROUGH 1 AM. $$ CAZ083-251300- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 950 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOWS MAY BRING ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT..BUT RATES SHOULD REMAIN AN INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING WITH INCREASING SNOWFALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL HIGHWAY 97. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED IN HEAVY SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ CAZ082-251300- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 950 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE NEXT STORM FRIDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH SEVERAL INCHES LIKELY DOWN TO 2500 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW WILL FALL DOWN TO 2000 FEET BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD REMAIN AN INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING...WITH INCREASING SNOWFALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE AND MOUNT SHASTA CITY... AND STATE ROUTE 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. WET...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BREAKING OF BRANCHES AND TREES TO TOPPLE... POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ CAZ080-251300- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 950 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN ABOVE 4000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE LOCALLY MODERATE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES WILL MOSTLY REMAIN BELOW AN INCH PER HOUR. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING...WITH INCREASING SNOWFALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 96...AND FOREST MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BREAK BRANCHES AND TOPPLE TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ SVEN
987 WWUS46 KMFR 251008 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 308 AM PDT FRI MAR 25 2011 CAZ080-082-252300- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR... MCCLOUD 308 AM PDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY TODAY...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS ABOVE 4000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY OVERNIGHT. && $$ CAZ083-252300- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0007.110326T0100Z-110326T1900Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 308 AM PDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY TODAY...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * IMPACTS: ALL AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY OVERNIGHT. && $$ RH
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 Mar 22, 2:33 AM PDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:33 AM PDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
233 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011
.DISCUSSION...
EVERYTHING STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR A VERY HEAVY SNOW EVENT OVER
PORTIONS OF NRN CALIFORNIA, BUT ESP IN THE SHASTA AREA. THIS WILL
BE A DOUBLE WHAMMY THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.
IN THE MEANTIME, THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET OVER THE MFR FA ATM.
THERE IS STILL SOME RESIDUAL LIGHT SNOW OVER ERN MODOC CTY THIS
MORNING WHICH SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN SHORTLY. RADAR ALSO CONTINUES
TO SHOW SOME VERY WEAK RETURNS OVER THE COASTAL ZONES AND WHILE A
FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE PROBABLY STILL GOING ON UNDER THE RADAR
THERE, NONE HAVE BEEN HITTING ANY GAUGES. TODAY WILL BE PRETTY
DECENT FOR MOST OF SW OR AND NRN CA AS WE AWAIT THE NEXT IN A
SEEMINGLY ENDLESS STRING OF PACIFIC STORMS. WE WILL SEE SOME SUN
PEAK THROUGH TODAY BUT WILL HAVE TO KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHC OF
PRECIP GOING MOST PLACES AS WE SEE SOME WEAK AFTERNOON CONVECTION
- SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY.
THE NEXT STORM NOW ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH NEAR
37N/133W WILL TURN NE AND MOVE INTO NRN CA TONIGHT. PRECIP SHOULD
BEGIN FILLING IN AROUND THE SHASTA AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEN INCREASE TONIGHT AS UPSLOPE FLOW STREGTHENS. THE MODELS
CONTINUE TO SHOW THE HEAVIEST PRECIP STAYING SOUTH SISKYOU COUNTY
EXCEPT FOR THE UPSLOPE INTO SHASTA, SO AM NOT INCLINED TO HOIST
ANY NEW HEADLINES ATM. SINCE THE SNOW DOESN'T REALLY GET GOING
IN ERNEST UNTIL TONIGHT EVEN IN SHASTA, WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT
HAVE ANOTHER LOOK BEFORE UPGRADING THE WATCH. PRECIP TONIGHT
SHOULD REMAIN LARGELY SOUTH OF THE OR/CA BORDER THUS THE REST OF
US WILL JUST SEE CLOUDS WITH AREAS OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW, BUT PROBABLY NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.
SNOW MAY LET UP A LITTLE LATE TOMORROW IN THE SHASTA AREA BEFORE
THE NEXT PUNCH ARRIVES TOMORROW NIGHT. THIS SECOND BLAST TAKES A
MORE NORTHERLY TRACK AND THUS THE FOCUS OF THE PRECIP SHIFTS NORTH
AS WELL AND WILL INCLUDE WESTERN SISKYOU COUNTY IN ADDITION TO
SHASTA THIS TIME. WHILE MY OREGON AND EASTSIDE COUNTIES STAND A
DECENT CHANCE OF PRECIP WITH THIS SECOND WAVE, IT STILL DOESN'T
LOOK REAL SIGNIFICANT ANYWHERE EXCEPT SISKYOU COUNTY.
THE LATEST EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE STILL PROVIDES LITTLE LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL. THIS PARADE OF STORMS LOOKS TO CONTINUE FOR
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH SHORT BREAKS IN BETWEEN. IT IS LIKELY
THAT WET, UNSETTLED, AND COOL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
UPCOMING WEEKEND AND PROBABLY BEYOND. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDS EXPECTED AT ALL TERMINALS FOR THE NEXT 24
HRS AS WE ARE IN A BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WE COULD SEE MVFR AT
WEST SIDE TERMINALS THIS AFT IF A SHRA HAPPENS TO MOVE OHD, BUT IT
WOULD BE BRIEF.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...
CA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR CAZ080.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR CAZ082.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR CAZ083.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
14/14/14Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 6:54 AM PDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 654 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 CAZ083-231300- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 654 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ082-231300- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 654 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET GOES INTO EFFECT THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-231300- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 654 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.