No warning was in effect for this event as the heavy snow was expected to fall farther to the southeast. However, this report does meet the criteria for a Heavy Snow Warning.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
No warning was in effect for this event as the heavy snow was expected to fall farther to the southeast. However, this report does meet the criteria for a Heavy Snow Warning.
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 Apr 4, 2:00 AM PST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 200 AM PST FRI APR 4 2003 SATELLITE AND RADAR INDICATE STEADY PRECIP WILL BE ENDING EARLY THIS MORNING..SO WILL WORD ZONES AS SHOWERS LIKELY TODAY AS AIRMASS STILL COLD AND UNSTABLE. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 2K. WILL LIKELY SEE A FEW INCHES ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY IN MTNS. PRECIP DECREASES TONIGHT/SAT AS BRIEF UPPER RIDGE MOVES THRU. NEXT SHORT WAVE SWEEPS THRU SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN/SNOW. FEW SHOWERS LINGER INTO MON THEN UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS TUE AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM. THIS SHUD PROVIDE THE REGION WITH A DRY AND WARMER DAY. SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU WED THEN ANOTHER THU NIGHT/FRI. MRF KEEPS THE AREA WET THRU 240 HRS. .MFR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE TO PT ST GEORGE.
ORZ021>031-CAZ080>085-051430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST FRI APR 4 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter KL53 at Keno reported 5.8 inches of new snow overnight.
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