Alert archive / Oregon / Winter Storm Warnings in 2017
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Jan 6, 2017, 2:50 PM PST for 7 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jan 6, 2017, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr. 25 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
- Jan 6, 2017, 2:50 PM PST (22:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2017, 9:44 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:28 AM PST | SNOW 1 | Trail, OR | . |
| Jan 7, 7:21 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Roseburg, OR | REPORTED ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWERLINES. |
| Jan 7, 7:54 AM PST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 E Medford, OR | SNOW HAS TRANSITIONED TO RAIN, TEMPERATURE IS 37 DEGREES. |
| Jan 7, 8:22 AM PST | SNOW 0.4 | 4 N Eagle Point, OR | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 8 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 8:25 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Nnw Wilderville, OR | 1100 FEET ELEVATION. SNOWING HARD AND CONTINUOUSLY. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 8 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 8:29 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Ese Grants Pass, OR | SNOWING HARD. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 8 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 8:36 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 Wnw Yreka, CA | 2.5 INCHES SINCE 7AM. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 8 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 8:38 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 W Williams, OR | SNOW JUST TURNED OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 7, 8:50 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Roseburg, OR | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. PUBLIC ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 0.25 INCHES, REDUCED IT TO 0.1 INCHES AFTER LOOKING AT IMAGES. |
| Jan 7, 8:50 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Roseburg, OR | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. PUBLIC ESTIMATED 0.25 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 7, 8:55 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Ssw Weed, CA | SNOWING HEAVY AT THE MOMENT. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 9 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Selma, OR | 3 INCHES PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 9:01 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 Wnw Roseburg, OR | FREEZING RAIN REPORTED BY PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 7, 9:13 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 Ese Merlin, OR | HUGE SNOWFLAKES FALLING AN HOUR AGO. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 9 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 9:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Mount Shasta, CA | STILL SNOWING. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 9 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 9:20 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 Wnw Sutherlin, OR | ESTIMATED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE. THE DURATION OF THE FREEZING RAIN EVENT WAS 9 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 10:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 3 Sse Mount Shasta, CA | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 10 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 10:10 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 5 Nne Selma, OR | SNOW HAS TURNED TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTED. |
| Jan 7, 10:36 AM PST | SNOW 6 | Selma, OR | HAS TURNED TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 7, 10:39 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 2 S Mount Shasta, CA | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 10 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 10:41 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 W Merlin, OR | CHANGED OVER TO RAIN. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 8 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 10:45 AM PST | SNOW 8 | 1 Wsw Mount Shasta, CA | 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 4 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 10:58 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 9 Sse Summer Lake, OR | SINCE 6 AM PST. |
| Jan 7, 11:05 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 1 Se Wilderville, OR | REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 11 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 11:37 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Mount Shasta, CA | MAKES FOR 10 INCHES TOTAL SINCE 1 AM PST. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
153 WWUS46 KMFR 062250 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO SATURDAY... .A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND OVERRUN VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO ARRIVE AS SNOW AT MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND THEN EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN ON SATURDAY. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ON EXISTING SNOWPACK AND VERY COLD SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADS...WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL NOT BE A REPEAT OF THE MASSIVE SNOWSTORM EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. EAST SIDE LOCATIONS WILL TAKE LONGER TO CHANGE OVER...BUT RAIN IS EVENTUALLY EXPECTED THERE AS WELL. ORZ024-026-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170107T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD... ASHLAND 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...EXCEPT UP TO 5 INCHES ON THE PASSES ON INTERSTATE 5 NORTH OF GRANTS PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MEDFORD...GRANTS PASS...ROSEBURG...CAVE JUNCTION AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ023-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0900Z-170107T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES...EXCEPT UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AT CANYON CREEK PASS ON INTERSTATE 5. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN LATER SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ROSEBURG...CANYONVILLE...MYRTLE CREEK AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ080-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS. THE SCOTT VALLEY SHOULD TAKE THE LONGEST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA...FORT JONES...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ081-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...YREKA...WEED...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST NEAR MT. SHASTA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INCH-PER-HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MT. SHASTA CITY...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...AND ALL AREA ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KLAMATH FALLS...TULELAKE...ALTURAS AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ030-031-071200- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0900Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...BLY...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 31 AND 140. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ025-027-028-071200- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS... CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK... HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 250 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR CRATER LAKE AND LOWEST NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PROTECTED VALLEYS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER HIGH...EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ SK
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615 WWUS46 KMFR 070127 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO SATURDAY... .A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND OVERRUN VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO ARRIVE AS SNOW AT MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND THEN EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN ON SATURDAY. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ON EXISTING SNOWPACK AND VERY COLD SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADS...WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL NOT BE A REPEAT OF THE MASSIVE SNOWSTORM EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. EAST SIDE LOCATIONS WILL TAKE LONGER TO CHANGE OVER...BUT RAIN IS EVENTUALLY EXPECTED THERE AS WELL. ORZ024-026-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170107T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD... ASHLAND 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...EXCEPT UP TO 5 INCHES ON THE PASSES ON INTERSTATE 5 NORTH OF GRANTS PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MEDFORD...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 101. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ023-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0900Z-170107T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES...EXCEPT UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AT CANYON CREEK PASS ON INTERSTATE 5. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN LATER SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ROSEBURG...CANYONVILLE...MYRTLE CREEK AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ080-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS. THE SCOTT VALLEY SHOULD TAKE THE LONGEST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA...FORT JONES...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ081-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...YREKA...WEED...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 97. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE WEED AREA. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST NEAR MT. SHASTA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INCH-PER-HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MT. SHASTA CITY...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...AND ALL AREA ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KLAMATH FALLS...TULELAKE...ALTURAS AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 97 AND 395. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ030-031-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.170107T0900Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...BLY...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 395...31 AND 140. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ025-027-028-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0002.170107T0600Z-170108T0000Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS... CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK... HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 527 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR CRATER LAKE AND LOWEST NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PROTECTED VALLEYS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER HIGH...EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
548 WWUS46 KMFR 070955 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY... .A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING IS OVERRUNNING VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND EAST AND COVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY DAWN. AFTER DAWN...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVER WEST SIDE VALLEYS WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN NARROW...PROTECTED VALLEYS. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO RAIN IN WEST SIDE VALLEYS BY LATE MORNING. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE...THE AIR IS MUCH COLDER AND THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL LIKELY TAKE UNTIL THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON EXISTING SNOWPACK AND VERY COLD SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT THIS MORNING ON THE WEST SIDE AND THROUGH THE DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE. ORZ024-026-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD... ASHLAND 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN MORE...PERHAPS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN PROTECTED VALLEYS LIKE THE ILLINOIS AND EVANS VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAWN AND THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL RAIN BY NOON AS WARMER AIR WORKS IN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MEDFORD...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. DUE TO VERY COLD SURFACES... CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PERSISTENT...TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ023-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T1800Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH DAWN...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER DAWN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ROSEBURG...CANYONVILLE...MYRTLE CREEK AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. DUE TO VERY COLD SURFACES... CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PERSISTENT...TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ080-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS. THE SCOTT VALLEY SHOULD TAKE THE LONGEST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA...FORT JONES...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ081-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...YREKA...WEED...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 97. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE WEED AREA. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST NEAR MT. SHASTA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH INCH-PER-HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE BY MID-MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MT. SHASTA CITY...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...AND ALL AREA ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KLAMATH FALLS...TULELAKE...ALTURAS AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 97 AND 395. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ030-031-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...BLY...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 395...31 AND 140. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TONIGHT AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ025-027-028-071800- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS... CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK... HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 155 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR CRATER LAKE AND LOWEST NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PROTECTED VALLEYS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER HIGH...EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ WRIGHT
996 WWUS46 KMFR 071740 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY... .A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING IS OVERRUNNING VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND EAST AND COVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY DAWN. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN WEST SIDE VALLEYS BY NOON OR EARLIER. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE...THE AIR IS MUCH COLDER AND THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL LIKELY TAKE UNTIL THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON EXISTING SNOWPACK AND VERY COLD SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT THIS MORNING ON THE WEST SIDE AND THROUGH THE DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE. ORZ023-072000- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T2000Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ROSEBURG...CANYONVILLE...MYRTLE CREEK AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IN ADDITION...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PERSISTENT...TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ024-026-072000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD... ASHLAND 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN MORE...PERHAPS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN PROTECTED VALLEYS LIKE THE ILLINOIS AND EVANS VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL RAIN BY NOON AS WARMER AIR WORKS IN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MEDFORD...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. DUE TO VERY COLD SURFACES...CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PERSISTENT...TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ080-080000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA...FORT JONES...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ081-080000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...YREKA...WEED...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 97. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE WEED AREA. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-080145- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST NEAR MT. SHASTA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH INCH-PER-HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE BY MID-MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MT. SHASTA CITY...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...AND ALL AREA ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-080145- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KLAMATH FALLS...TULELAKE...ALTURAS AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 97 AND 395. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ030-031-080145- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...BLY...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 395...31 AND 140. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TONIGHT AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ025-027-028-080000- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS... CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK... HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 940 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR CRATER LAKE AND LOWEST NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PROTECTED VALLEYS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER HIGH...EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
365 WWUS46 KMFR 072006 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO AFFECT MAINLY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE CASCADES EASTWARD TODAY... .IN THE MOUNTAINS...OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AND THE EAST SIDE...THE AIR IS STILL COLD AND THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL LIKELY TAKE UNTIL THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON EXISTING SNOWPACK AND VERY COLD SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...THE CASCADES...AND THE EAST SIDE. ORZ024-026-072115- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T2000Z/ EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD... ASHLAND 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING TO ABOVE FREEZING. SOME SLICK SPOTS WILL STAY AROUND BUT SHOULD DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. $$ ORZ023-072115- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T2000Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING TO ABOVE FREEZING. SOME SLICK SPOTS WILL STAY AROUND BUT SHOULD DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. $$ CAZ080-080000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW: A FEW INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA...FORT JONES...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ081-080000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE WEED AREA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...YREKA...WEED...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 97. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE WEED AREA. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-080600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD... TENNANT 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 ADDITIONAL INCHES...HEAVIEST NEAR MT. SHASTA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...MT. SHASTA CITY...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...AND ALL AREA ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029-080600- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KLAMATH FALLS...TULELAKE...ALTURAS AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 97 AND 395. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ030-031-081200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...BLY...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 395...31 AND 140. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TONIGHT AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ025-027-028-080000- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS... CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK... HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 1206 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 ADDITIONAL INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR CRATER LAKE AND LOWEST NEAR SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PROTECTED VALLEYS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER HIGH...EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ SK
611 WWUS46 KMFR 072230 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 CAZ082-080600- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0003.170107T2230Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 230 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES. * ELEVATIONS...ABOVE 4000 FEET. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SNOWMANS SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 89. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ CAZ083>085-ORZ029-072330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- 230 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST LOCATIONS. $$ CAZ080-081-072330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 230 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST LOCATIONS. $$ ORZ025-027-028-072330- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 230 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED AND SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ ORZ030-031-081200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 230 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH. INCREASING TO 25 MPH AND OCCASIONALLY UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...LAKEVIEW...BLY...AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 395...31 AND 140. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TONIGHT AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$
838 WWUS46 KMFR 080544 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 944 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ORZ030-031-080645- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1200Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 944 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ CAZ082-080645- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 944 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ STOCKTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 3:12 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:12 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 35 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:33 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 50 hr | |
| Jan 6, 4:33 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 10 hr | |
| Jan 6, 2:56 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 5 days |
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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.