Heavy Snow, East Slopes Southern Cascades
- When
- January 1, 9:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- East Slopes Southern Cascades forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
The city of Easton received 12 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow in Washington, January 1, 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 Jan 1, 8:00 AM PST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 8:00 AM PST, 1 hour before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 800 AM PST WED JAN 1 2003 SATELLITE IMAGERY AND OBSERVATIONS SHOW PREDOMINATELY MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE COMING FRONT. RADAR IMAGERY AND OBSERVATIONS ARE ALSO SHOWING THAT IT IS RAINING ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CASCADES AS THE FRONT COMES ONSHORE. THE MAJORITY OF THIS MOISTURE WILL NOT STARTING AFFECTING THE EAST SIDE OF THE CASCADES UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A FEW SPRINKLES MAY STRAY ACROSS THE CASCADES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PALMER HAPPY NEW YEAR PDT 244 ALW 244 PSC 244 YKM 464 .KPDT...NONE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:00 AM PST, 4 hours before
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-021400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST WED JAN 1 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. A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN OFF THE COAST WITH A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA. MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN IN NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN WARM MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING ABOVE 5000 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 5000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. COONFIELD
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
- Ice Storm in New York, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in Georgia, January 1 to 28, 2003
- High Wind in Washington, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2003
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 1, 2003
- Drought in Colorado, January 1 to 31, 2003
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Winter Storm in New York, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2003
- Drought in Utah, January 1 to 31, 2003
More
Every storm in Washington in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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: 5338167.