The above observation barely verifies a Heavy Snow Warning for this zone. However, this is one of the snowier spots in the area, and a Snow Advisory would have likely sufficed, had one been issued.
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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.
The above observation barely verifies a Heavy Snow Warning for this zone. However, this is one of the snowier spots in the area, and a Snow Advisory would have likely sufficed, had one been issued. One was issued for the zone just south of this one.
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 Feb 27, 7:15 AM PST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
715 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006
CORRECTED HEADLINES
.DISCUSSION...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS COMING INLAND EARLY THIS
MORNING. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A LONG FETCH OF MOISTURE INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AN SOUTHERN OREGON. WILL KEEP THE CURRENT WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MOST OF SISKIYOU COUNTY GOING. SNOW LEVEL HAS
DROPPED TO AROUND 4000 FEET BUT THE HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING ABOVE 5000
FEET. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA
TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. BY TUESDAY MORNING SNOW
LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 3000 FEET EXCEPT FOR 2000 FEET
NORTH IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO SHOWERS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEXT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR TO MVFR CIGS WITH RAIN AND SNOW OBSCURING MOUNTAINS.
WINDY AT THE COAST AND ALONG THE SHASTA VALLEY
&&
WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
CA...WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5500 FT UNTIL 4 PM PST ZONES
080-082-083.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORDHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 550 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006 CAZ080-082-083-280000- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 550 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST ABOVE 5000 FEET. SEE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GLASER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
705 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N ROGUE RIVER 42.44N 123.17W
02/27/2006 M1.00 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 12 HOURS.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
711 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 AM HEAVY RAIN N CAVE JUNCTION 42.16N 123.65W
02/27/2006 M1.00 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
MIDNIGHT TO 7 AM.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
712 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0712 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNW GRANTS PASS 42.50N 123.34W
02/27/2006 M1.55 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
7AM TO 7AM.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
732 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0732 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 N MERLIN 42.57N 123.43W
02/27/2006 M1.16 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
730AM TO 730AM.
&&
GLASERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
752 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0751 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW OBRIEN 42.06N 123.71W
02/27/2006 M2.28 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
7AM TO 7AM. 1.46 SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0751 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 N GRANTS PASS 42.47N 123.33W
02/27/2006 M1.00 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
7AM TO 7AM.
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GLASERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Crater Lake National Park HQ reported 18 inches of snow in 24 hours.
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