A Winter Weather Advisory was in effect at the time of this report, and this was the only report that verified a warning. All other observations verified an advisory or less.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Winter Weather Advisory was in effect at the time of this report, and this was the only report that verified a warning. All other observations verified an advisory or less. Given the paucity of reports verifying a warning, it appears that warning conditions were not widespread.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 1, 7:30 AM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PDT SAT DEC 01 2001
COMPLEX SITUATION THIS MORNING WITH PASSING SYSTEM. NUMEROUS
ADVISORIES...WARNINGS AND WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY OUT FOR OUR REGION.
DUE TO NUMEROUS SPOTTER REPORTS...HAVE UPGRADED WIND ADVISORY FOR
AREAS ABOVE 3500 FEET TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES DUE TO FALLING
SNOW AND ADDITIONALLY EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS. HAVE CONTINUED WITH ALL
OTHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MEET
CRITERIA THROUGH AT LEAST THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE BACK EDGE OF
THIS FRONT IS CURRENTLY CROSSING JACKSON COUNTY AND QUICKLY
APPROACHING THE CASCADES. EXPECT RAINFALL TO TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS
TODAY BEHIND THE FRONT. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL PASSING TO OUR NORTH
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE
FRONT...EXPECT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE
NEXT SYSTEM POISED TO HIT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MAINLY
TARGETING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVENSO...WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ISSUING
A FEW ADDITIONAL WATCHES FOR THIS SYSTEM WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE.
WILL GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THE ZONES TO UPDATE HEADERS AND MAKE MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. ROSSI
.MFR...GALE WARNING
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY ORZ021-022.
HIGH WIND WARNING ORZ021-022.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ORZ027-028-029-030-031.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ORZ025 AND CAZ081 ABOVE 3500 FEET.
WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY CAZ080-082 ABOVE 3500 FEET.
WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY CAZ082.
WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY CAZ083 CAZ085 SOUTHERN HALF.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
718 AM PST SAT DEC 01 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0716 AM SIXES OR
12/01/01 CURRY SPOTTER CU-07 7 MILES EAST
OF SIXES RIVER REPORTED 24
HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 7
AM THIS MORNING OF 1.80
INCHES.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
755 AM PST SAT DEC 01 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 AM LAKEVIEW OR
12/01/01 LAKE SPOTTER LA-21 REPORTED
WIND ESTIMATED AT 50
MPH...BLOWING
SNOW...VISBILITY 1/4
MILE...DRIFTING SNOW TO 4
TO 5 FEET. 5 INCHES OF
SNOW OVERNIGHT.
0716 AM SIXES OR
12/01/01 CURRY SPOTTER CU-07 7 MILES EAST
OF SIXES RIVER REPORTED 24
HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 7
AM THIS MORNING OF 1.80
INCHES.
0745 AM OR
12/01/01 COOS SPOTTER CO41 JUST SOUTH OF
BANDON RECORDED WIND GUSTS
TO 73 MPH OVERNIGHT.
0748 AM WEED CA
12/01/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY05 2 MILES SOUTH
OF WEED AT 4000 FT
REPORTED 5 INCHES OF SNOW
OVERNIGHT STILL SNOWING
HARD.
0752 AM CA
12/01/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY57 REPORTED
WINDS 38 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUST TO 52 MPH. SNOWING
LIGHTLY AND DRIFTING.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
828 AM PST SAT DEC 01 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 AM KENO OR
12/01/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL53 IN KENO
REPORTED SNOW BEGAN AT 7AM
INCREASING RAPIDLY AND
VERY WINDY. NEAR WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS.
0816 AM OR
12/01/01 CURRY SPOTTER CU20 3 MILES EAST
OF GOLD BEACH RECEIVED
2.05 INCHES OF RAIN FOR 24
HOURS ENDING AT 7AM.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
947 AM PST SAT DEC 01 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0858 AM WEED CA
12/01/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY38 IN WEED
REPORTED 8 INCHES OF SNOW
FROM 3PM TO 8AM. .80
INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT
CURRENTLY SNOWING 2 INCHES
AND HOUR.
0939 AM CA
12/01/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY62 MT SHASTA
REPORTED 5 INCHES OF SNOW
FROM MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT
UNTIL 9:30AM THIS MORNING.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
1105 AM PST SAT DEC 01 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1014 AM OR
12/01/01 CURRY PORT ORFORD 5E REPORTED
1.34 INCHES OF RAIN FOR 24
HOURS ENDING AT 10AM.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
1214 PM PST SAT DEC 01 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1158 AM GREENVIEW CA
12/01/01 SISKIYOU RAIN SNOW MIXED AT 3000
FEET IN THE TOWN OF
GREENVIEW.
1200 PM OR
12/01/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL75 5 MILES NORTH
OF CHILOQUIN REPORTED 4
INCHES HEAVY WET SNOW WITH
A TOTAL OF 17 INCHES ON
THE GROUND.
1203 PM CRESCENT OR
12/01/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL97 IN CRESCENT
REPORTED 4 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW WITH A TOTAL OF 23
INCHES ON THE GROUND.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter JA84 above Siskiyou Summit reported 9-10 inches of snow overnight with water equivalent of 0.92 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5274545.