A Snow Advisory was in effect for Oregon zones ORZ025/027/028 at this time. A number of stations reported snowfall that verified the advisory.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Snow Advisory was in effect for Oregon zones ORZ025/027/028 at this time. A number of stations reported snowfall that verified the advisory. This was the only report that verified a warning. It appears that a Snow Advisory was the appropriate product for most of this area during this event.
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, 5:00 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
500 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005
.DISCUSSION...
CLASSIC WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM OVERHEAD HAS BROUGHT MUCH WIND AND
A FEW RECORD RAINS TO SOUTHWESTERN OREGON. A SHOWERY REGIME IS
CURRENLY AFFECTING THE CWA WITH SOME ENHANCEMENT FROM A PASSING
SHORT WAVE. EXPECT TO SEE SHOWERS DECREASE TODAY AS TROUGH AXIS
CONTINUES EAST. SECONDARY SHORT WAVE TONIGHT WILL BRING YET ANOTHER
ROUND OF HEAVY SHOWERS TO THE AREA...MAINLY IN THE MTS. INTENSE
NORTHWESTERLY JET LINING UP WITH THE BEAR CREEK PORTION OF THE
ROGUE VALLEY MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO MEDFORD/ASHLAND
TONIGHT...BUT MODELS DO NOT PICK UP ON THIS SCENARIO DUE TO THE
LOW RESOLUTION. SOUTHWESTERN OREGON LIES IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION
OF 140+KT JET TONIGHT WITH EXCELLENT VALUES OF OMEGA. SNOW LEVELS
SHOULD BE AT THEIR LOWEST POINT OVERNIGHT...FROM 3000 TO 3500 FT...
THEREFORE EXPECTING SOME GOOD SNOWS FROM THIS WAVE. WILL ISSUE A
SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONE 80 IN W SIKIYOU CTY ABOVE 3000 FT AND ALSO
ZONES 27 AND 28 IN OREGON (CASCADE/SISKIYOUS). IT WILL BE A SHORT
EVENT AS WAVE IS MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY...SO AMOUNTS WILL BE LIMITED.
AFTER THIS PASSES... A FEW DRY DAYS ARE EXPECTED AS RIDGE WILL
PROGRESS ONTO WEST COAST.
.LONG TERM...BY THE END OF THE WEEK...ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER
THE WEST COAST ALONG WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES. IT APPEARS THAT
THIS TROUGH WILL ALSO TAP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND BRING THE THREAT
OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. THE TIMING OF THE TROUGH AND THE
RECENT VOLATIVITY OF THE MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR THIS TIME PD HAVE
RESULTED IN A BROAD BRUSH APPROACH TO POPS FOR NEXT WEEKEND. WILL
REFINE FORECAST AS OUTLOOK SOLIDIFIES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE OREGON TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
...SNOW ADVISORY CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ABOVE 3000
FEET 10 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY.
...SNOW ADVISORY CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS 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.
&&
ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
BERTEAUHAZARDOUS 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
756 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NE GOLD BEACH 42.45N 124.37W
03/28/2005 1.94 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 7 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW OBRIEN 42.06N 123.71W
03/28/2005 3.07 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 7 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE PORT ORFORD 42.74N 124.48W
03/28/2005 1.50 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HRS FROM 12 NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
&&
GERIGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
757 AM PST MON MAR 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NE GOLD BEACH 42.45N 124.37W
03/28/2005 1.94 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 7 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW OBRIEN 42.06N 123.71W
03/28/2005 3.07 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 7 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE PORT ORFORD 42.74N 124.48W
03/28/2005 1.50 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HRS FROM 12 NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
&&
GERIGThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The cooperative observer at Lemolo #1 Forebay recorded 19.5 inches of snow in 24 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, March 2005
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