A Winter Storm Warning was issued for CAZ080/081/082/083 at 2100 PST on 01/19. The warning for CAZ081/082/083 was cancelled at 0400 PST on 01/21, and the warning for CAZ080 was cancelled at 1450 PST on 01/21.
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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 Storm Warning was issued for CAZ080/081/082/083 at 2100 PST on 01/19. The warning for CAZ081/082/083 was cancelled at 0400 PST on 01/21, and the warning for CAZ080 was cancelled at 1450 PST on 01/21. The observation above was the only one that verified the warning, although several other reports would have verified a Snow Advisory.
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 Jan 21, 7:30 AM PST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PDT MON JAN 21 2002
MAIN UPDATE WILL BE TO LOWER SNOW LEVELS IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS FOR
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS INTO TUESDAY. ALSO WILL INCLUDE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY IN THE SNOW ADVISORY. OTHER
ADVISORIES/WARNINGS LOOK ON TRACK WITH A FOOT OF SNOW REPORTED SO FAR
AT CRATER LAKE, 8 INCHES IN NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND 5 INCHES AT
CHILOQUIN. ALSO WILL UPDATE WORDING FOR SOUTHWEST OREGON TODAY AS
RAIN/SNOW HAS ALREADY CHANGED TO SHOWERS. SHOWERS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED
BY THUNDERSHOWERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN COOS AND WESTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES. WINDY AND SNOWY CONDITIONS FOR THE EAST SIDE AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES EAST-SOUTHEAST TODAY. SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY.
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT EXCEPT A CHANCE OF LIGHT COASTAL SHOWERS. THIS MORNINGS AVN
RUN IS FASTER THAN LAST NIGHTS RUN AND INDICATES THE NEXT STORM
SYSTEM ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN AND
SNOW INTO EARLY SATURDAY. DW
.MFR...WINTER STORM WARNING SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS
ORZ027/028/NORTHERN ORZ030 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET ORZ025 THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.
BLIZZARD WARNING CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY ORZ031 THIS AFTERNOON.
WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET CAZ080 THROUGH TONIGHT.
SNOW ADVISORY ORZ029/SOUTHERN ORZ030 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW ADVISORY CAZ081/082/083/084 THROUGH TONIGHT.
SNOW ADVISORY ORZ023/024/026 AND CAZ080 BELOW 3000 FEET
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FLORENCE OR TO POINT ST. GEORGE CA.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
633 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0631 AM SIXES OR
01/21/02 CURRY SPOTTER CU-07...7 MILES
EAST OF SIXES RIVER
REPORTED 2.10 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER PAST 24 HOURS (7
AM - 7 AM).PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
800 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0631 AM SIXES OR
01/21/02 CURRY SPOTTER CU-07...7 MILES
EAST OF SIXES RIVER
REPORTED 2.10 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER PAST 24 HOURS (7
AM - 7 AM).
0756 AM SCOTTSBURG OR
01/21/02 DOUGLAS SPOTTER DO19 REPORTED
THUNDER WITH MIXED RAIN
AND SNOW. 1.5 INCHES OF
SNOW ON THE GROUND.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
827 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 AM OR
01/21/02 JOSEPHINE SPOTTER JO38 BASE OF HAYES
HILL REPORTED 1.20 INCHES
OF RAIN PAST 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:30 AM.
0825 AM OR
01/21/02 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL43 2 MILES SW OF
CHILOQUIN REPORTED 5
INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
847 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0837 AM GOLD BEACH OR
01/21/02 CURRY SPOTTER CU20 IN GOLD BEACH
REPORTED 1.53 INCHES OF
RAIN OVERNIGHT.
0840 AM OR
01/21/02 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL17 ON BLY
MOUNTAIN REPORTED 3 INCHES
OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Mt. Shasta Ski Park reported 6 inches of snow 0400-0850 PST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2002
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5277591.