Heavy Snow, Blue Mountains
- When
- February 3, 7:00 AM PST to February 4, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Blue Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A foot of snow fell at Meacham Lake and Lehman Hot Springs.
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 3 to 4, 2003
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 3, 6:30 AM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 6:30 AM PST, 30 minutes before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 630 AM PST MON FEB 3 2003 LATEST RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BASIN NEAR HRI/PDT AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. NEW ETA WAS INDICATING A STRONGER 5H/VORT MAX MOVING INTO THE CWA AND EXPECT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. THEREFORE I HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BASIN...FOOTHILLS AND BLUE MOUNTAINS. PDT 200 ALW 200 PSC 200 YKM -00 .KPDT...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA.
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:14 AM PST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-041300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST MON FEB 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE PREVIOUS DAYS FLOODING OF MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS HAS SUBSIDED EXCEPT FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA WHERE FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING. SEE THE FLOOD WARNING (PDXFLWPDT AND PDXFLSPDT) FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREAS WEATHER WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 2003
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 3, 2003
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 3 to 4, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 3 to 4, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 3, 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 3 to 6, 2003
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 3, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 3 to 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 3 to 4, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 3 to 4, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 3, 2003
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 2003
Sources
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: 5340259.