A Winter Storm Warning was issued for the above zones above 3500 feet effective at the above listed times. The warning for CAZ080 was downgraded to a Snow Advisory at 1005 PST on 12/09.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Storm Warning was issued for the above zones above 3500 feet effective at the above listed times. The warning for CAZ080 was downgraded to a Snow Advisory at 1005 PST on 12/09. No verifying reports were recieved for these warnings.
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 8, 8:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST
DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
830 PM PST MON DEC 8 2003
.DISCUSSION...NO SURPRISES IN THE NEAR TERM FROM THE INCOMING 00Z
GUIDANCE. HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS FROM NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
AREA AND SHOULD KEEP FOG TO A MINIMUM TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS VERY
WOUND UP AND THE FRONT IS ALREADY VERY OCCLUDED. PRECIP EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE AT THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...TO MEDFORD IN THE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING...AND EAST OF THE CASCADES TUESDAY
EVENING/NIGHT. AMOUNTS NOT EXPECTED TO BE VERY HIGH EXCEPT IN
FAVORABLE UPSLOPE AREAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...WHERE A WINTER STORM
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PROBABLY DO NOT NEED A ZONE UPDATE THIS
EVENING. LUDWIG
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING........FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER.
CA...WINTER STORM WATCH....TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING
CAZ080/082 ABOVE 3500 FEET.
GALE WARNING........OR/CA BORDER TO POINT ST. GEORGE CA.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1224 PM PST MON DEC 8 2003 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-091430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 1224 PM PST MON DEC 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING FLORENCE OREGON TO THE CALIFORNIA BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GALE WARNING FLORENCE OREGON TO THE CALIFORNIA BORDER. CAZ080-082-091430- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1224 PM PST MON DEC 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINTER STORM WATCH SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET. ORR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2003
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: 5328524, 5328525.