Alert archive / Oregon / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm watch at Dec 22, 2012, 2:00 AM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 23, 2012, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2012, 2:00 AM PST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2012, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2012, 4:15 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Curry County, OR, Josephine County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WWUS46 KMFR 221000 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 CAZ085-221800- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0020.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES SUNDAY WITH A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNERS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALTURAS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGHWAYS 139...299...395 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ ORZ029>031-221800- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0020.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THEN DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...CHEMULT...SPRAGUE RIVER. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUST TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 66...HIGHWAY 97...HIGHWAY 140...HIGHWAY 70. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31. WARNER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 31...AND HIGHWAY 395. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ084-221800- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0020.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DORRIS 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS DECREASE FOR A BRIEF TIME TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97...HIGHWAY 139...AND HIGHWAY 161. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ ORZ028-221800- /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ON MOUNT ASHLAND THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...AND HIGHWAY 66. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ024-221800- /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.A.0021.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OBRIEN...CAVE JUNCTION...GRANTS PASS... SEXTON PASS...HAYES HILL. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 199 AND ALSO HIGHWAYS 46 TO OREGON CAVES AND 238 NEAR MURPHY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. 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. && $$ CAZ082-083-221800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO THREE FEET OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY STARTING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY AND ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. && $$ CAZ080-221800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH THE KLAMATH RIVER...SEIAD AND SCOTT VALLEYS WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OVER SOME OF THE PASSES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HAPPY CAMP...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 3 FROM FORT JONES TO CALLAHAN AND ALSO HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH THE SEIAD VALLEY AND HAPPY CAMP. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH CHAIN RESTRICTIONS LIKELY AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. && $$ CAZ081-221800- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 6 INCHES NEAR WEED THROUGH THIS MORNING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES NEAR WEED SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS MORNING....THEN SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED... SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ROADS THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY ON INTERSTATE 5. CHAIN REQUIREMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE VALLEY NEAR THE PASSES. VISIBILITY MAY BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ027-221800- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BUT 6 TO 12 INCHES NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62 NEAR UNION CREEK AND CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...AND HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ ORZ023-025-026-221800- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- JACKSON COUNTY- 200 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...BUT 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE UMPQUA DIVIDE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GLENDALE. UMPQUA DIVIDE BETWEEN TILLER AND TRAIL. ALSO CANYON CREEK PASS NEAR AZALEA. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ESPECIALLY ON 227 BETWEEN TILLER AND TRAIL. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE HIGHER PASSES ON INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 62 NEAR PROSPECT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI
3 follow-up statements
804 WWUS46 KMFR 221809 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ORZ024-230215- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.A.0021.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAVE JUNCTION 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS DOWNGRADED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET IS LIKELY WITH THE NEXT STORM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAVE JUNCTION AND THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 199 AND ALSO HIGHWAYS 46 TO OREGON CAVES AND 238 NEAR MURPHY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. 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. && $$ ORZ029>031-230215- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT... THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUST TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREAROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 66...HIGHWAY 97... HIGHWAY 140...HIGHWAY 70. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31. WARNER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 31...AND HIGHWAY 395. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ084-230215- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DORRIS 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DORRIS. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS DECREASE FOR A BRIEF TIME TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREAROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97...HIGHWAY 139... AND HIGHWAY 161. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ ORZ028-230215- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN 6 INCHES EXCEPT 6 TO 12 INCHES ON MOUNT ASHLAND ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT BUT CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREAROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...AND HIGHWAY 66. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ085-230215- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES SUNDAY WITH A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNERS. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALTURAS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGHWAYS 139...299...395 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-083-230215- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO THREE FEET OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY THEN HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THIS NEW ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY AND ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. && $$ CAZ080-230215- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH THE KLAMATH RIVER...SEIAD AND SCOTT VALLEYS WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OVER SOME OF THE PASSES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 3 FROM FORT JONES TO CALLAHAN AND ALSO HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH THE SEIAD VALLEY AND HAPPY CAMP. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH CHAIN RESTRICTIONS LIKELY AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. && $$ CAZ081-230215- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES NEAR WEED SUNDAY. * TIMING...SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED... SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ROADS THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY ON INTERSTATE 5. CHAIN REQUIREMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE VALLEY NEAR THE PASSES. VISIBILITY MAY BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ027-230215- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BUT 6 TO 12 INCHES NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREAROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62 NEAR UNION CREEK AND CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...AND HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ ORZ023-025-026-230215- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- JACKSON COUNTY- 1009 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...BUT 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE UMPQUA DIVIDE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: . * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ESPECIALLY ON 227 BETWEEN TILLER AND TRAIL. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE HIGHER PASSES ON INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 62 NEAR PROSPECT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DW
438 WWUS46 KMFR 221824 CCA WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ORZ024-230245- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.A.0021.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAVE JUNCTION 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS DOWNGRADED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET IS LIKELY WITH THE NEXT STORM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAVE JUNCTION AND THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 199 AND ALSO HIGHWAYS 46 TO OREGON CAVES AND 238 NEAR MURPHY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. 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. && $$ ORZ029>031-230245- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT... THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUST TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 66...HIGHWAY 97... HIGHWAY 140...HIGHWAY 70. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31. WARNER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 31...AND HIGHWAY 395. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ084-230245- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DORRIS 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DORRIS. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS DECREASE FOR A BRIEF TIME TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97...HIGHWAY 139... AND HIGHWAY 161. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ ORZ028-230245- /O.COR.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN 6 INCHES EXCEPT 6 TO 12 INCHES ON MOUNT ASHLAND ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT BUT CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...AND HIGHWAY 66. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ085-230245- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES SUNDAY WITH A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNERS. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALTURAS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGHWAYS 139...299...395 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-083-230245- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO THREE FEET OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY THEN HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THIS NEW ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY AND ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. && $$ CAZ080-230245- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH THE KLAMATH RIVER...SEIAD AND SCOTT VALLEYS WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OVER SOME OF THE PASSES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 3 FROM FORT JONES TO CALLAHAN AND ALSO HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH THE SEIAD VALLEY AND HAPPY CAMP. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH CHAIN RESTRICTIONS LIKELY AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. && $$ CAZ081-230245- /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES NEAR WEED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED... SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ROADS THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY ON INTERSTATE 5. CHAIN REQUIREMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE VALLEY NEAR THE PASSES. VISIBILITY MAY BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ027-230245- /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATE TONIGHT A NEW STORM WILL ARRIVE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62 NEAR UNION CREEK AND CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...AND HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ ORZ023-025-026-230245- /O.COR.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- JACKSON COUNTY- 1016 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY ABOVE 2000 FEET LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TOKETEE FALLS AND PROSPECT. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ESPECIALLY ON 227 BETWEEN TILLER AND TRAIL. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE HIGHER PASSES ON INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 62 NEAR PROSPECT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DW
315 WWUS46 KMFR 230015 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 CAZ081-230815- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES EXCEPT LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES NEAR WEED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM AND 4 PM PST. BUT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ON SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA VALLEY NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED... SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ROADS THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY ON INTERSTATE 5. CHAIN REQUIREMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE VALLEY NEAR THE PASSES. VISIBILITY MAY BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ CAZ085-230815- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES SUNDAY EXCEPT AROUND A FOOT OVER THE WARNERS. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THEN SNOW AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH A PEAK LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALTURAS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TONIGHT THEN SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HIGHWAYS 139...299...395 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ024-230815- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0021.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THIS EVENING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING EXCEPT 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. ADDITIONALLY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW COULD PRODUCE AN ACCUMULATION OF SNOW DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 4 AM AND 4 PM PST ON SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SEXTON SUMMIT...HAYES HILL. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 199 AND ALSO HIGHWAYS 46 TO OREGON CAVES AND 238 NEAR MURPHY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USING CHARCOAL OR GAS HEATERS DURING A POWER OUTAGE CAN BE DEADLY. GO TO WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/DISASTERS/POWEROUTAGE/NEEDTOKNOW.ASP ALL LOWER CASE TO FIND TIPS ON LIVING THROUGH POWER OUTAGES IN FREEZING WEATHER. PASS THESE TIPS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON THE INTERNET. 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. && $$ ORZ027-230815- /O.EXA.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF UP TO 2 INCHES WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATE TONIGHT A NEW STORM WILL ARRIVE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62 NEAR UNION CREEK AND CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS... AND HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ023-025-026-230815- /O.EXA.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOKETEE FALLS 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF UP TO AN INCH WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM ARRIVES WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THE SNOW LEVEL MAY DROP AS LOW AS 1200 FEET. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TOKETEE FALLS...PROSPECT. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ESPECIALLY ON 227 BETWEEN TILLER AND TRAIL. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE HIGHER PASSES ON INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 62 NEAR PROSPECT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ CAZ080-230815- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0300Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH THE KLAMATH RIVER...SEIAD AND SCOTT VALLEYS EXCEPT ONE TO TWO FEET OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 3 FROM FORT JONES TO CALLAHAN AND ALSO HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH THE SEIAD VALLEY AND HAPPY CAMP. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH CHAIN RESTRICTIONS LIKELY AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ028-230815- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T0800Z-121224T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121223T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING EXCEPT 12 TO 18 INCHES ON MOUNT ASHLAND. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LIGHT BUT CONTINUE THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...AND HIGHWAY 66. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ082-230815- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING THEN LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING THERE WILL BE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THIS EVENING THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY AND ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ029>031-230815- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING EXCEPT 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUST TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR SUMMER LAKE AND SILVER LAKE WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 66...HIGHWAY 97... HIGHWAY 140...HIGHWAY 70. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 31. WARNER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 31...AND HIGHWAY 395. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ CAZ084-230815- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121223T1200Z-121224T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DORRIS 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NEW STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DORRIS. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH MAY CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...THEN SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97...HIGHWAY 139...AND HIGHWAY 161. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ083-230815- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121224T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THIS NEW ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY AND ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 89 NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ DW
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Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 12:01 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | MFR | 29 min | |
| Dec 22, 2:48 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 22, 2:48 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 22, 5:30 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 3 hr | |
| Dec 22, 8:27 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 4 days |
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