A Winter Storm Warning was issued for California zones CAZ080/082/083 above 4500 feet at 21/0400 PST, effective from 21/2100 until 23/1800 PST. The warning/snow level in CAZ082 was lowered to 3500 feet at 21/2158 and raised to 4000 feet at 22/0355 PST.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued for California zones CAZ080/082/083 above 4500 feet at 21/0400 PST, effective from 21/2100 until 23/1800 PST. The warning/snow level in CAZ082 was lowered to 3500 feet at 21/2158 and raised to 4000 feet at 22/0355 PST. The warning was downgraded to a Snow Advisory in all three zones at 22/0815 PST.
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 Mar 19, 3:00 PM PST, 14 hours earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 PZZ350-353-356-201430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 630 AM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING. SEE PDXCWFMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GALE WARNING SUNDAY MORNING. SEE PDXCWFMFR FOR DETAILS. ORZ021-022-201430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 630 AM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL HEADLANDS 10 AM TODAY TO 10 AM SUNDAY. SEE PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HIGH WIND WARNING SUNDAY MORNING FOR COASTAL HEADLANDS SEE PDXNPWMFR. HIGH SURF ADVISORY SUNDAY MORNING FOR CURRY COUNTY COAST. SEE-PDXCFWMFR FOR DETAILS. HESS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Castle Lake at 5900 feet recorded 11 inches of snow in 12 hours.
Castle Lake at 5900 feet recorded 11 inches of snow in 12 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 2005
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5442101, 5442102.