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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2015, 3:48 PM PST for Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 18 hr. 4 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
- Dec 12, 2015, 3:48 PM PST (23:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2015, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2015, 9:53 PM PST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 6:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Azalea, OR | COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS TREES DOWN ACROSS AZALEA. |
| Dec 13, 8:59 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Azalea, OR | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HEAVY SNOW BRINGING DOWN TREES ACROSS MILO AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. |
| Dec 13, 9:57 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 31 | Diamond Lake, OR | POWER OUT AND AREA HIGHWAYS CLOSED. |
| Dec 13, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 Sw Myrtle Creek, OR | SNOW DEPTH AT 10:00 AM. ACCUMULATION PERIOD MIDNIGHT TO 10 AM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WWUS46 KMFR 122348 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO ABOUT 6000 TO 7000 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT BUT WILL PLUNGE QUICKLY BACK DOWN TO NEAR THE MAJOR PASSES BY SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCAL WHITEOUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS. THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM IN TERMS OF SNOW SO FAR THIS SEASON. IN ADDITION, SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS BEHIND THE FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH, THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY AND MONDAY, ALL OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE SNOW AT LOW ELEVATIONS. THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL RECEIVE THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW, BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND TRAVEL IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. ORZ025-131200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0005.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR 1000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES, THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: TOKETEE AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE, SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ027-028-131200- /O.CAN.KMFR.BZ.A.0001.151213T0000Z-151213T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ029-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN LOWER AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO...MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN LOWER AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ031-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN LOWER AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE...FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ082-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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: NOW INTO THIS EVENING: 1 TO 3 INCHES. TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 2 TO 4 INCHES SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS BRIEFLY RISE TO AROUND 5000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD AND INTERSTATE 5. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND MCCLOUD AND EAST OF MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ083-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS BRIEFLY RISE TO AROUND 5000 FEET TONIGHT THEN ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ080-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NOW INTO THIS EVENING 1 TO 2 INCHES. 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS RISE TO AROUND 6500 FEET TONIGHT...THEN LOWER TO AROUND 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ085-131200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0003.151213T1200Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1800Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ081-131200- /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES INTO THIS EVENING. SUNDAY: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN AS SNOW LEVELS RISE ABOVE THE VALLEYS. RAIN WILL CHANCE BACK OVER TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING, MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED INTO THIS EVENING. HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ023-131200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENDALE 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES, THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GLENDALE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE, SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ024-131200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES, THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS... CAVE JUNCTION... HAYES HILL... OBRIEN. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE, SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-131200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES, THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT... AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND... GOLD HILL... ROGUE RIVER... AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE, SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ084-131200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 348 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI/WRIGHT
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144 WWUS46 KMFR 130014 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO ABOUT 6000 TO 7000 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT BUT WILL PLUNGE QUICKLY BACK DOWN TO NEAR THE MAJOR PASSES BY SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCAL WHITEOUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS. THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM IN TERMS OF SNOW SO FAR THIS SEASON. IN ADDITION... SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS BEHIND THE FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY AND MONDAY... ALL OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE SNOW AT LOW ELEVATIONS. THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL RECEIVE THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW... BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND TRAVEL IMPACTS... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CAZ082-131200- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 2 TO 4 INCHES SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL BRIEFLY RISE TO AROUND 5000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD AND INTERSTATE 5. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND MCCLOUD AND EAST OF MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ080-131200- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS RISE TO AROUND 6500 FEET TONIGHT...THEN LOWER TO AROUND 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ081-131200- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN AS SNOW LEVELS RISE ABOVE THE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CHANCE BACK OVER TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING... MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: YREKA...WEED INTO THIS EVENING. HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ029-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN LOWER AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO... MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN LOWER AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ031-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN LOWER AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE... FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO70 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ083-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T0600Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS BRIEFLY RISE TO AROUND 5000 FEET TONIGHT THEN ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ023-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENDALE 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GLENDALE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ024-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS... CAVE JUNCTION... HAYES HILL... OBRIEN. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ025-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0005.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR 1000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: TOKETEE AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT... AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND...GOLD HILL... ROGUE RIVER... AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ085-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1800Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ027-028-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...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 2 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ084-131200- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 414 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI/WRIGHT
490 WWUS46 KMFR 130629 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 TO 6000 FEET THIS EVENING WILL PLUNGE QUICKLY BACK DOWN TO NEAR THE MAJOR PASSES BY SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCAL WHITEOUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS. THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM IN TERMS OF SNOW SO FAR THIS SEASON. IN ADDITION... SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS BEHIND THE FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET AS ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL RECEIVE THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW... BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND TRAVEL IMPACTS... ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ORZ029-131430- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5500 FEET THIS EVENING...WILL LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO... MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-131430- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE NEAR 5500 FEET THIS EVENING...AND WILL LOWER AGAIN TO VALLEY FLOORS BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ031-131430- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE NEAR 5500 FEET THIS EVENING AND WILL LOWER AGAIN TO VALLEY FLOORS BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE... FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ083-131430- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ023-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENDALE 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GLENDALE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ024-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES SUNDAY MORNING... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS... CAVE JUNCTION... HAYES HILL...OBRIEN. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ025-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0005.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR 1000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: TOKETEE AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES... THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS WITH EACH DISTURBANCE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT... AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND...GOLD HILL... ROGUE RIVER... AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ082-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 2 TO 4 INCHES SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET TONIGHT...ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD AND INTERSTATE 5. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND MCCLOUD AND EAST OF MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ085-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1800Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6000 FEET...LOWERING TO AROUND 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ027-028-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 70 MPH INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ081-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...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: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANCE BACK OVER TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING... MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET INTO SUNDAY MORNING THEN YREKA AND WEED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ084-131430- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 1029 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DW
328 WWUS46 KMFR 131040 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOW LEVELS BRIEFLY ROSE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL DROP VERY QUICKLY EARLY THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SNOW LEVELS COULD REACH DOWN TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET WEST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 2000 FEET, BUT RAIN MAY EVEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FOR A WHILE IN THE ROGUE AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS. ANY EAST SIDE AREAS WHERE SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN LAST NIGHT WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW ELEVATION SNOW ON THE WEST SIDE. AGAIN, MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2000 FEET...BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS. ORZ023-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENDALE 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GLENDALE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ024-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS... CAVE JUNCTION... HAYES HILL...OBRIEN. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ025-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0005.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: TOKETEE AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 138 GOING EAST FROM ROSEBURG. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT... AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND...GOLD HILL... ROGUE RIVER... AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ029-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES, BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO... MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES, BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ031-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES, BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE... FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ082-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AND SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4000 FEET WILL LOWER DOWN TO 2000 TO 2500 FEET BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD...MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 AND AREAS EAST OF MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EASING THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ083-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES, BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AND SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4500 FEET WILL LOWER DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EASING THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ085-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1800Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET THIS MORNING LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS BY LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY...ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4000 FEET LOWER RAPIDLY TO 2000 TO 3000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ027-028-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TODAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. TREES MAY TOPPLE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND POTENTIALLY COVER ROADWAYS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ081-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR DOWN TO AS LOW AS 2500 FEET. * TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 2500 FEET BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET THIS MORNING THEN YREKA AND WEED INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ084-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1200Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 240 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4500 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS LATER THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EASING LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SPILDE
665 WWUS46 KMFR 131236 AAA WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 UPDATED TO LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 500 FEET IN THE UMPQUA...ROGUE...AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOW LEVELS BRIEFLY ROSE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL DROP VERY QUICKLY EARLY THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SNOW LEVELS COULD REACH DOWN TO BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET WEST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 2000 FEET... BUT RAIN MAY EVEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FOR A WHILE IN THE ROGUE, UMPQUA AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS. ANY EAST SIDE AREAS WHERE SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN LAST NIGHT WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW ELEVATION SNOW ON THE WEST SIDE. AGAIN... MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2000 FEET...BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS. ORZ023-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...MYRTLE CREEK... CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...MYRTLE CREEK...GLENDALE...CANYONVILLE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ024-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...HAYES HILL...OBRIEN. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ025-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: TOKETEE AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 138 GOING EAST FROM ROSEBURG. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT... AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND...GOLD HILL... ROGUE RIVER... AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ029-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO... MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING... THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ031-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE... FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ082-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AND SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4000 FEET WILL LOWER DOWN TO 2000 TO 2500 FEET BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD...MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 AND AREAS EAST OF MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EASING THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ083-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AND SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4500 FEET WILL LOWER DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EASING THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ085-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1800Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET THIS MORNING LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS BY LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY... ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING.WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4000 FEET LOWER RAPIDLY TO 2000 TO 3000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ027-028-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TODAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. TREES MAY TOPPLE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND POTENTIALLY COVER ROADWAYS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ081-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR DOWN TO AS LOW AS 2500 FEET. * TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 2500 FEET BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET THIS MORNING THEN YREKA AND WEED INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ084-140000- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 436 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4500 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS LATER THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EASING LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SPILDE
017 WWUS46 KMFR 131602 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 UPDATED TO LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 500 FEET IN THE UMPQUA... ROGUE...AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOW LEVELS BRIEFLY ROSE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL DROP VERY QUICKLY EARLY THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SNOW LEVELS COULD REACH DOWN TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1500 FEET WEST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 1500 FEET...BUT RAIN MAY EVEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FOR A WHILE IN THE ROGUE...UMPQUA AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS. ANY EAST SIDE AREAS WHERE SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN LAST NIGHT WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW ELEVATION SNOW ON THE WEST SIDE. AGAIN...MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 1500 FEET...BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS. ORZ025-140600- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 138 GOING EAST FROM ROSEBURG. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * IMPACTS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ023-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...MYRTLE CREEK... CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1000 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: ROSEBURG... SUTHERLIN...MYRTLE CREEK...GLENDALE...CANYONVILLE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE... SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ029-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO... MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING... THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ031-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: ANY PLACES THAT CHANGED TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE... FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ081-140600- /O.EXA.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET. 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4000 FEET LOWER RAPIDLY TO 2000 TO 3000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING ARE INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: WEED...MONTAGUE...HILT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ082-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AND SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4000 FEET WILL LOWER DOWN TO 2000 TO 2500 FEET BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD...MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 AND AREAS EAST OF MCCLOUD. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EASING THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ083-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AND SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4500 FEET WILL LOWER DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EASING THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ085-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.151213T1800Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET THIS MORNING LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS BY LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY... ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING.WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ024-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY BELOW 1000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1000 FEET: 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY END AS SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL AREAS ABOVE 1000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY BELOW 1500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1500 FEET: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING THEN REMAIN THERE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT... AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND...GOLD HILL...ROGUE RIVER... AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1500 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1500 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ080-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4000 FEET LOWER RAPIDLY TO 2000 TO 3000 FEET BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ027-028-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TODAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. TREES MAY TOPPLE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND POTENTIALLY COVER ROADWAYS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ084-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 802 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4500 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS LATER THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EASING LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI
873 WWUS46 KMFR 132055 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 .STEADY SNOWFALL HAS MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION, BUT ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING IN A COLDER AIR MASS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW, BUT IT COULD TURN TO ALL SNOW IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 1500 FEET...BUT RAIN MAY EVEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FOR A WHILE IN THE ROGUE...UMPQUA AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS.EAST SIDE AREAS WILL SEE SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. AGAIN...MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 1500 FEET...BUT VALLEYS MAY SEE OCCASIONAL SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS. ORZ029-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN THE WARNING AREA: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: KLAMATH FALLS...KENO... MERRILL..BONANZA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF CHILOQUIN AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ030-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN THE WARNING AREA: 6 TO 12 INCHES...BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: BEATTY...BLY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT...HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF BLY AND EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ031-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKEVIEW 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN THE WARNING AREA: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE: LAKEVIEW...SILVER LAKE... FORT ROCK...ADEL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: HIGHER PASSES OVER HIGHWAYS 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF SUMMER LAKE. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ081-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER DARK. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING ARE INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: WEED...MONTAGUE... HILT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ083-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE ADVISORY AREA: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE WARNING AREA: 4 TO 8 INCHES... BUT MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: NOW INTO TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: TENNANT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ080-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ027-028-140600- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS...GREEN SPRINGS...UNION CREEK...MOUNT ASHLAND. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TODAY...ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE ABOVE 6000 FEET DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES. TREES MAY TOPPLE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND POTENTIALLY COVER ROADWAYS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ023-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...MYRTLE CREEK... CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1000 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND COULD PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: ROSEBURG... SUTHERLIN...MYRTLE CREEK...GLENDALE...CANYONVILLE. * IMPACTS ABOVE 2000 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ082-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ABOVE 4000 FEET. ELSEWHERE: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASING WITH NOT MUCH MORE THEN A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MCCLOUD...MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE: SNOWMAN'S SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 89 AND AREAS EAST OF MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ CAZ085-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALTURAS 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: ALTURAS...CANBY... ADIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CEDAR PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 299 OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ024-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY BELOW 1000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1000 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 500 AND 2000 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: ALL AREAS ABOVE 1000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: GRANTS PASS. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ026-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY BELOW 1500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1500 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER DARK BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE: PROSPECT...AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: MEDFORD... ASHLAND...GOLD HILL...ROGUE RIVER...AND ALL OF INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE ROGUE VALLEY. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1500 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1500 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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 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. && $$ ORZ025-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VALLEYS ABOVE 1000 FEET INCLUDING STEAMBOAT AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 138 GOING EAST FROM ROSEBURG. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1000 FEET: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. * IMPACTS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ084-140600- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS 1255 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING: NOW INTO THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TULELAKE...DORRIS...MACDOEL. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN THE AREA. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI
130 WWUS46 KMFR 140553 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 .A FEW DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN A COLD AND WET NORTHERLY FLOW WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS INTO MONDAY. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL FALL IN SOUTHWEST OREGON AND SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 1500 FEET...BUT RAIN MAY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FOR A WHILE EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN THE ROGUE...UMPQUA AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS. THESE VALLEYS MAY SEE SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 2000 FEET BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF. CAZ082-085-ORZ029>031-140700- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MONDAY WILL BE LIGHT WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ ORZ027-028-141200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ083-140700- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW IS FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ ORZ025-141400- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1500 FEET: 2 TO 5 INCHES. BELOW 1500 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET WILL BE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: STEAMBOAT AND TOKETEE FALLS. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1500 FEET: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. ICING OF WET ROADS WILL ALSO CREATE A HAZARD. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1500 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ081-141200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE: MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING HILT...PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD AND HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF ETNA AND EAST OF FORT JONES. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. ICING OF WET ROADWAYS WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ024-141400- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1500 FEET: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES. BETWEEN 1000 FEET AND 1500 FEET: A TRACE TO AN INCH. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: ALL AREAS ABOVE 1000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SEXTON SUMMIT. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1000 FEET: TRAVEL DIFFICULT WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND ICING OF WET ROADS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ023-141400- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENDALE 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 2000 FEET: 1 TO 4 INCHES. BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH LARGEST ACCUMULATION OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE: ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1000 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT CANYON CREEK PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. ICING OF WET ROADS WILL ALSO CREATE A HAZARD. CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ ORZ026-141400- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...ASHLAND 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ABOVE 1500 FEET: 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR ASHLAND. BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IN VALLEYS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF DURING MONDAY WITH THE SNOW LEVEL RISING FROM AROUND 1500 FEET TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: PROSPECT...AND ALL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 238 AT JACKSONVILLE HILL. * IMPACTS ABOVE 1500 FEET: HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. * IMPACTS IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1500 FEET: SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...SNOW MAY NOT ACCUMULATE IN ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CAZ080-141200- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. ICING OF WET ROADWAYS WILL ALSO CREATE A HAZARD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 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. && $$ CAZ084-140700- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- 953 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. $$ DW
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 Dec 12, 9:23 AM PST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 9:23 AM PST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
923 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2015
.DISCUSSION...
**MAJOR STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY**
A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE MODELS ARE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH
THAT WE HAVE IN THE FORECAST. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT 18-24 HOUR
PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN FOR THE COAST, COASTAL MOUNTAINS, WESTSIDE
VALLEYS AND HEAVY SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS. ALSO MODERATE TO STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CASCADES, EASTSIDE AND SHASTA VALLEY.
HOWEVER CURRENT MODELS SHOW 700MB WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG,
THUS REDUCING THE CHANCE FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. DESPITE THIS,
THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN
EXPOSED LOCATIONS NEAR CRATER LAKE AND MOUNT ASHLAND. THE MAIN
FOCUS WILL BE TO REFINE THE WINTER WEATHER AND WIND HEADLINES AND
FLOOD PRODUCTS. OF NOTE IT'S POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING
ON THE ROGUE RIVER NEAR AGNESS AND ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN. IT WILL
BE A CLOSE CALL FOR MINOR FLOODING AT THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR
ROSEBURG. THESE WILL BE LOOKED AT IN MORE DETAIL THIS MORNING. SEE
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON THIS MAJOR STORM. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 12/12Z TAF CYCLE...SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. MVFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED IFR
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING NEAR SUNRISE AND LINGERING INTO MID MORNING.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WEST SIDE TO THE
CASCADES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL PRODUCE MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS WITH A MIX OF IFR AND MVFR
CONDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY ALONG THE COAST, EXPECT LOW LEVEL WIND
SHEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A FRONT PUSHES INLAND. /C
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 345 AM PST SATURDAY 12 DEC 2015....LARGE WEST
SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TODAY. HOWEVER ANY IMPROVEMENT THIS
MORNING WILL BE BRIEF SINCE A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA AND GALES WILL DEVELOP OVER MOST THE WATERS DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GALES MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
BEHIND THIS FRONT, THEN WINDS WILL LOWER AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY.
MEANWHILE, SEAS WILL BUILD AND MAY REMAIN VERY STEEP TONIGHT DUE TO
INCREASING WEST SWELL. IN THE SOUTHERN WATERS, ANOTHER ROUND OF
GALES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE. HOWEVER, MODELS
HAVE TRENDED FURTHER SOUTH WITH THESE STRONG WINDS AND THE COASTAL
SOUTHERN OREGON WATERS MAY JUST SEE SMALL CRAFT WINDS.
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND PERSIST INTO
MONDAY. CONTINUED VERY STEEP SEAS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
WITH SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TUESDAY
BUT MAY REMAINS STEEP. ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY. /CC
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 436 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2015/
SHORT TERM...
**MAJOR STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY**
WE ARE NOW ON THE PRECIPICE OF A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL
IMPACT SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING THE FULL GAMUT OF WEATHER HAZARDS
TO THE REGION WITH STRONG WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WEST OF THE CASCADES AND PERHAPS EVEN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
A STRONG SUB-980 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE
NORTHERN TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW
A WARM FRONT OFFSHORE TO REACH THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING, THEN
MOVE ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE
COAST AND WEST SIDE THIS MORNING WITH SNOW LEVELS VARYING FROM
3000-4000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING
AND SPREAD TO THE EAST SIDE THIS AFTERNOON. WINTER STORM
WARNINGS/ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR MANY AREAS, SO PLEASE REFER TO
WSWMFR FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS.
MODELS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN THEIR DEPICTIONS OF HOW
THIS SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE. THE NAM12 APPEARS TO REMAIN AN OUTLIER
TIMING THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ABOUT 6 HOURS SLOWER THAN THE
OTHER MODELS SUNDAY MORNING. WE HAVE LEANED MORE ON THE OTHER
GUIDANCE, INCLUDING THE HI-RES SOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE FASTER
BRINGING THE COLD FRONT ONSHORE.
AFTER THE WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING, SNOW LEVELS WILL
SURGE TO AROUND 6000-7000 FEET OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING SNOW TO
BRIEFLY CHANGE TO RAIN...EXCEPT AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
MEANWHILE, AN UPPER TROUGH OFFSHORE WILL DIG AND ENERGIZE A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ONSHORE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL
HAVE A GOOD SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FEED...AND WILL RESULT IN A
PERIOD OF INTENSE RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND...BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRY COAST RANGE WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL
ENHANCE RAIN RATES. RAIN RATES EXCEEDING 0.50"/HR ARE LIKELY IN
MANY AREAS AND NUMEROUS FLOOD PRODUCTS ARE OUT AT FFAMFR. GUIDANCE
INDICATES THIS WILL BE A TOP 5 PERCENT 2-DAY RAIN EVENT FOR THE
AREA. THERE IS ALSO A FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR BURN SCAR AREAS IN
PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY WHERE THE STOUTS CREEK WILDFIRE
OCCURRED AS WELL AS IN WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY WHERE THE HAPPY
CAMP AND JULY WILDFIRES OCCURRED. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE
INLAND SUNDAY AND SNOW LEVELS WILL PLUNGE BACK DOWN TO BELOW MAJOR
PASSES. VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT AT 700 MB WILL PRECEDE AND
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...PEAKING AT AROUND 70-80 KT AROUND 12Z
SUNDAY. THE RDD-MFR PRESSURE GRADIENT PEAKS AT ABOUT 8-10 MB AND
THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE SHASTA
VALLEY. EAST SIDE AREAS NEAR SUMMER LAKE WILL ALSO SEE VERY STRONG
WINDS. HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE OUT AND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE
ADDED LATER TODAY. WITH ALL THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOW,
EXPECT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS UP AROUND CRATER LAKE NATIONAL
PARK AND ALSO MT ASHLAND. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS UP FOR THOSE AREAS.
AFTER THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE IN KEEPING POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS
GOING. THIS WILL ALSO RENEW A LIGHTNING/SMALL HAIL THREAT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SNOW LEVELS WILL
DROP DOWN TO 1500-2000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING AND WITH LEFTOVER
SHOWERS IN THE AREA, EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW ON THE HILLS
SURROUNDING MEDFORD. SPILDE
LONG TERM...NO CHANGES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON'S AFD...MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THE LONG TERM OPENS WITH THE DEPARTING
TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES, WITH LARGE AMPLITUDE RIDGING OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC. THIS PLACES THE FORECAST AREA UNDER SWIFT
NORTHERLY FLOW, ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN AIR
MASSES. MODELS HAVE SHOWN A FEW SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS
FLOW ON MONDAY, WHICH WOULD LIKELY KEEP SHOWERS ACTIVE IN THE AREA
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WITH SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO ABOUT 1500 FEET,
ALL BUT THE COAST AND THE WEST SIDE VALLEY FLOORS HAVE A DECENT
CHANCE OF PICKING UP SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. EVEN THE ROGUE
VALLEY NEAR MEDFORD HAS A SMALL CHANCE, BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW
TO ADD TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
BEYOND MONDAY, MODEL FORECASTS DIVERGE, BUT SOME GENERAL TRENDS ARE
EVIDENT. THE RIDGE JUST OFFSHORE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL COME
UNDER PRESSURE FROM SEVERAL WAVES EMANATING FROM A LARGE BERING
STRAIGHT TROUGH. THE MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON ONE SUCH FEATURE,
NOW KEEPING IT WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA, BUT THIS ACTIVITY WILL
WEAKEN THE RIDGE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE LARGER TROUGH
EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE RIDGING, ONSHORE
FLOW OF MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE, SO HAVE KEPT SOME AREAS OF SHOWERS
IN THE FORECAST, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE COAST AND INTO THE UMPQUA
BASIN AND HIGH CASCADES.
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF, IN SURPRISING AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME RANGE,
SHOVE THE BERING TROUGH TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE WEST COAST
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF BEING A
WET AND WINDY STORM, BUT AT THIS TIME RANGE, THE MODELS ARE NOT
RESOLVING THE DETAILS, AND DIFFER A BIT IN TIMING. THEREFORE,
CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW, BUT STILL SOMEWHAT BETTER THAN NORMAL FOR A
FEATURE 7 TO 8 DAYS OUT. HAVE INCREASED WINDS AND THE CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION, BUT WILL WAIT UNTIL CONFIDENCE INCREASES BEFORE
STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM AS MUCH AS THE SYNOPTIC MODELS WOULD
SUGGEST. OVERALL, IT DOES APPEAR THE THE WET PATTERN WILL CONTINUE,
ALTHOUGH TONED DOWN QUITE A BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEKS. -BPN
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
ORZ029>031.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ORZ029>031.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ORZ031.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY FOR ORZ025-027-028.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING FOR ORZ027-028.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ORZ024.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ORZ022.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ021-022.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ023.
FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR ORZ026.
CA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR FOR CAZ080.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4500
FEET FOR FOR CAZ080.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
CAZ082.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CAZ082.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CAZ080.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CAZ081.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ083.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CAZ083.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
CAZ085.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CAZ085.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PZZ370.In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 12, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
130 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0129 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 S ADIN 41.19N 120.95W
12/12/2015 E3.0 INCH MODOC CA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OB. TEMP 31.7 DEG F
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Dec 12, 2:09 PM PST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
209 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0207 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 NE ALTAMONT 42.21N 121.70W
12/12/2015 E3.8 INCH KLAMATH OR TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED SNOW FALLING AT OVER 1" PER
HOUR EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT RATE HAS
DECREASED SOMEWHAT IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.
OBSERVER LOCATION KLAMATH FALLS.
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Dec 12, 3:17 PM PST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
317 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 N BROOKINGS 42.11N 124.30W
12/12/2015 E1.64 INCH CURRY OR PUBLIC
&&
NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2:40 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 16 hr | |
| Dec 12, 2:40 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Dec 12, 10:58 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 48 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:07 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Curry | 49 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:09 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 42 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:09 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Lake | 17 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:20 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 55 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:42 PM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas | 37 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:48 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 42 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.