Washington, 2005Heavy Snow in Washington, January 15 to 16, 2005
January 15 to 16, 2005 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Heavy snow fell in the Blue Mountain Foothills of Washington. A weather spotter near Dayton measured four inches of snow.
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- Deaths
- 0
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- 1
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Heavy snow fell in the Blue Mountain Foothills of Washington. A weather spotter near Dayton measured four inches of snow.
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 15, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
230 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2005
.SHORT TERM...WIDESPREAD SNOW IS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON
AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THIS EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING
OFF IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE DROPPED THE
WARNINGS FOR THE GORGE...NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OREGON. HAVE SOME
CONCERNS THAT COLUMBIA BASIN WILL NOT MEET WARNING CRITERIA BUT AT
THIS POINT IT WOULD SERVE LITTLE PURPOSE TO LOWER THE WARNINGS WITH
THE SNOW FALLING. WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE ADVISORIES FOR THE OTHER
AREAS OF OREGON/WASHINGTON OVERNIGHT. 78
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR OREGON ZONES 44 AND 45 THROUGH 6
AM SUNDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OREGON ZONES 46..47..48..49..50
THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON ZONES 26..27..28..29
THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY.
...SNOW ADVISORY FOR WASHINGTON ZONE 25 THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ZONE 30 THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.
&&
TI:YGG
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
78Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 12:30 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
1230 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2005
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-161300-
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (OR)-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (OR)-BLUE MOUNTAINS-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (WA)-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES-KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (WA)-FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (WA)-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
1230 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER MIX
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (WA), EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN
CASCADES, KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
(WA), FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (WA), NORTHWEST BLUE
MOUNTAINS, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (OR), NORTH CENTRAL
OREGON, CENTRAL OREGON, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (OR), FOOTHILLS OF
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (OR), BLUE MOUNTAINS, JOHN DAY BASIN,
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY
A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY...BRINGING A MIXED BAG OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION TO THE
REGION. NUMEROUS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. PLEASE
SEE PRODUCT PDXWSWPDT WWUS46 KPDT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
WINTER MIX SUNDAY
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS, BLUE MOUNTAINS, JOHN DAY BASIN,
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA
COUNTY
FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES
WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL NOON SUNDAY. REFER TO PDXWSWPDT WWUS46 KPDT FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG THE WEST COAST LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY...THEN PERSIST OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH THE
WEEK. THE STORM TRACK WILL SHIFT TO NORTHERN WASHINGTON BY MID
WEEK. A DISTURBANCE COULD BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO
THE VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPES MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PROTOTYPE GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/FORECAST/HWOGRAPHICS/HWOGRAPHICS.PHP
ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE G IN
HWOGRAPHICS AND THE G IN HWOGRAPHICS.PHP.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 15, 12:54 PM PST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1254 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM ICE STORM ALFALFA 44.07N 121.02W
01/15/2005 DESCHUTES OR TRAINED SPOTTER
FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES...ONE-QUARTER INCH ICE
ACCUMULATION
1140 AM FREEZING RAIN WARM SPRINGS 44.77N 121.29W
01/15/2005 0.00 INCH JEFFERSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
FREEZING RAIN ENDED AT 10 AM...SLEET BEGAN AT 1130 AM.
ABOUT ONE-EIGHTH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION.
&&
ZALLENLocal storm report, Jan 15, 3:15 PM PST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, N Columbia/Se Walla Walla T X Se
- When
- January 15, 4:45 PM PST to January 16, 3:31 AM PST
- Where
- N Columbia/Se Walla Walla T X Se forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.264, -118.193 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 15 to 18, 20052 deaths · 4 events
- Cold in Minnesota, January 15, 20051 death · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 15 to 18, 200516 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 15 to 20, 200514 events
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Washington, January 15 to 18, 20055 events
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 15 to 18, 20054 events
- Flooding in Illinois, January 15 to 20, 20053 events
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 15, 20052 events
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 15 to 16, 20052 events
- Flood in Pennsylvania, January 15, 20051 event
- Flood in Pennsylvania, January 15, 20051 event
- Flood in Michigan, January 15 to 20, 20051 event
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: 5434181.