No warnings or advisories were in effect for ORZ030 at this time.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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.
No warnings or advisories were in effect for ORZ030 at this time.
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 28, 2:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PST MON MAR 28 2005
.SHORT TERM...NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE NW IS
CLIPPING RIGHT ALONG WITH THE AID OF A 130KT JET. WATER VAPOR SHOWS
THIS SYSTEM WELL NEAR 48/135. THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD
AGREEMENT MOVING THE SYSTEM ONSHORE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS
SYSTEM LOOKS FAIRLY WET AND WITH A 45-50KT 700MB FLOW FROM THE WEST
LOCATIONS LIKE THE CASCADES ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE NEARLY A FOOT
OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS
WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 3500 FEET. STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
TO SHOWERS BY AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE TUESDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR TEMPORARY DRYING. THE
GFS MODEL DOES SHOW A WEAK WARM FRONT BRUSHING NORTHERN AREAS LATE
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING SO THERE MAY BE SOME SPRINKLES OVER
COOS AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES OTHERWISE DRY.
.LONG TERM...A COOL AND MOIST NW FLOW DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH TO KEEP THE
WEATHER ON THE UNSETTLED SIDE.
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE OREGON TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
...SNOW ADVISORY CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ABOVE 3500
FEET 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY.
...SNOW ADVISORY CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS ABOVE 3500 FEET ZONES
27-28 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OREGON BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CA 0-60 NM.
...SNOW ADVISORY WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 3500 FEET ZONE 80
10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY.
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HOLTZHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 645 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005 CAZ080-291430- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 645 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY FOR ABOVE 3500 FEET. SEE PDXWSWMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW ADVISORY ENDS 10 AM TUESDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ORZ024-291430- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- 645 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR KERBY. SEE PDXFLSMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORZ025-291430- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- 645 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING ABOVE 3000 FEET. SEE PDXWSWMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW ADVISORY ENDS 10 AM TUESDAY OTHER WISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ORZ027-028-291430- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 645 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY. SEE PDXWSWMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW ADVISORY ENDS AT 10 AM TUESDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. GERIG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
311 PM PST MON MAR 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0306 PM HEAVY RAIN N DUNSMUIR 41.23N 122.27W
03/28/2005 0.00 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL OF 2.19 FROM 8AM TO 8AM NEAR DUNSMUIR
0306 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 WNW GRANTS PASS 42.47N 123.41W
03/28/2005 0.00 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR PRECIPITATION 1.62 IN
0306 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNE SELMA 42.34N 123.57W
03/28/2005 0.00 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL 8AM TO 8AM 2.30 IN
0306 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 E SIXES 42.81N 124.42W
03/28/2005 0.00 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFAL FROM 7AM TO 7AM WAS 2.05
0306 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE SELMA 42.30N 123.59W
03/28/2005 0.00 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FROM 1PM TO 1PM WAS 1.20 IN
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HESSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter 1W Crescent recorded 7 inches of snow overnight.
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