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Winter Weather Advisory 20, NWS Medford, OR

February 19, 2021Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 19, 2021, 2:35 PM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 19, 2021, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2021, 2:35 PM PST (22:35 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 20, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Feb 19, 9:31 AM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 9:31 AM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 19, 8:41 AM PST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:22 AM PST, 5 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Medford OR
922 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 AM     HEAVY SNOW       4 WSW KLAMATH FALLS     42.19N 121.84W
02/19/2021  M4.0 INCH        Klamath            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A 24HR 8AM TO 8AM PST REPORT. SPOTTER SAID THAT AT ITS
            DEEPEST THE SNOW MEASURED 4 INCHES, BUT BY MORNING
            MELTING HAD CAUSED THE SNOW TO COPMACT TO 0.52 INCHES.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 19, 2:58 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		6 days
Feb 19, 2:58 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.