1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 7, 2:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 AM PST FRI MAR 7 2003 THE SERIES OF WINTER STORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS THE JET CONTINUES TO ENTRAIN MOISTURE IN ITS ZONAL FLOW. TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS COUPLED WILL WINDS ALOFT MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AGAIN ON SATURDAY. AS THE FLOW BECOMES SOUTHWESTERLY SATURDAY...THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO PUSH NORTH AND WILL ALLOW FOR A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WET PATTERN. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL LOOSEN AND THE UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW WILL WEAKEN AS THE JET STREAM IS PUSHED NORTH. AS A RESULT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH. HENRY DAYS 3-7...THE NEXT IN A LINE OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIP AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS. THE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY. A WEAK TRANSITORY RIDGE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY PROVIDING A BRIEF DRY PERIOD. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH AS THE NEXT COUPLE OF SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH. MJB. PDT 442 ALW 342 PSC 322 YKM 332 .KPDT...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE OREGON CASCADES AND EASTERN WALLOWA COUNTY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-071300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST FRI MAR 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE...TODAY A STRONG WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOUNTAIN SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. SEE PDXWSWPDT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Ski Bluewood reported 17 inches of snow between 4:30 PM on March 6th and 12:00 PM on March 7th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5347897.