Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- March 25, 2:00 PM PST to March 26, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 25 to 26, 2003
During the 24 hour period Timberline received 16 inches of snow, Mt Hood Meadows 14 inches, Bennett Pass 11 inches, Santiam Pass 10 inches, Government Camp and Willamette Pass 5 inches each.
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 happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
During the 24 hour period Timberline received 16 inches of snow, Mt Hood Meadows 14 inches, Bennett Pass 11 inches, Santiam Pass 10 inches, Government Camp and Willamette Pass 5 inches each.
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 8:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 8:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 830 AM PST TUE MAR 25 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN EARLY WED WITH SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS LOWER MOUNTAIN SNOW LEVELS. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL A WARM FRONT BRUSHES THE AREA WITH LIGHT RAIN THU NIGHT INTO FRI. THE STORM TRACK MAY SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. .DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...MOISTURE STREAM CONTINUES INTO THE PAC NW TODAY WITH THE MAIN FOCUS OVER S OREGON. RADAR SHOWING BATCHES OF LIGHT PRECIP MOVING ACROSS N AREAS AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. AN EMBEDDED WAVE APPROACHING 130W WILL PUSH IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BRINGING MORE STEADY PRECIP. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN ONCE THIS WAVE PASSES LATER THIS EVENING ALLOWING MUCH COLDER AIR ALOFT TO PUSH IN. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL CONSIDERABLY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WED...POSSIBLY DOWN TO 2000 FEET. UPPER TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE AREA WED PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY FOR A CHANCE OF TSTMS. STRONG WESTERLY 850 MB FLOW DEVELOPS WED WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE GOOD CASCADE OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL. A SNOW ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WED. DECREASING SHOWERS WED NIGHT AND THU AS ONSHORE FLOW WEAKENS AND WEAK RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD TOWARD THE COAST. MERCER .LONG TERM...LOOKS LIKE A WET PATTERN CONTINUES BUT THERE ARE MODEL DIFFERENCES THAT LOWER CONFIDENCE...COULD SEE MORE RIDGING THAN SHOWN BY THE GFS. WILLSON AST 88876 PDX 88876 SLE 88876 EUG 88876 .PQR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 6:30 AM PST, 7 hours 30 minutes before
ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-261430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 630 AM PST TUE MAR 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO SKYWARN 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
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- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 25, 2003
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- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 25 to 26, 2003
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 2003
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, March 25, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, March 25, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, March 25, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, March 25, 2003
More
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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: 5344880.