1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 29, 3:50 PM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
350 PM PST SUN JAN 29 2006
UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...POTENT SYSTEM WITH
WIDE SWATH OF OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION AFFECTING THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL
RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN EARLIER
ANTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS. THUS WILL
EXTEND THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR CENTRAL OREGON AND THE SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES
UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. 18Z NAM IS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS IN
WARMING THINGS UP CONSIDERABLY BY THAT TIME AND SNOW LEVELS SHOULD
RISE TO OR ABOVE 5000 FEET IN DESCHUTES COUNTY AROUND 8 PM AND ABOVE
3500 FEET IN SOUTHERN YAKIMA AND KLICKITAT COUNTY. HAVE CONSIDERED
UPGRADING THE ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES BUT
SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE SNOW...ALTHOUGH HEAVY IS HAVING A
DIFFICULT TIME ACCUMULATING DUE TO THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE
FREEZING. THIS TREND WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED THROUGH THE EVENING.
WILL ALSO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY STARTING
AT 7 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...THIS HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BE A MARGINAL HIGH WIND EVENT SO THIS SITUATION TOO
WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED THROUGH THE NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL
JET WILL BE ROARING OVERHEAD ACROSS THE BASIN AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT
WHICH POSES SOME CONCERN FOR HIGH WINDS...BUT SOUNDINGS DO SHOW A
STABLE SURFACE LAYER WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM DOWNWARD
MIXING OF THE HIGH MOMENTUM AIR. NOT MUCH OF A BREAK IN STORE AS A
COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON ANOTHER SYSTEM IS
POISED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH PLENTY OF
MOISTURE. 78
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...UNSETTLED WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SYSTEMS CARRIED BY
MAINLY ZONAL WESTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE AREA EVERY 24 TO 36 HOURS.
MODELS CONTINUE TO CHANGE FROM RUN TO RUN AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT
DISAGREEMENTS AS TO THE TIMING AND DETAILS OF PARTICULAR STORMS.
THUS WHILE IT IS CLEAR THAT A WET PERIOD IS AHEAD OF US...THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE EXACT DETAILS IS FAIRLY LOW. HAVE KEPT AT LEAST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN ALL PERIODS FOR THE TIME BEING AND TAKEN A
MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN THE GFS AND DGEX MODELS. WEDNESDAY WILL SEE
ONE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE AREA AND GIVING US A BIT OF A BREAK
BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES ON THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. ON FRIDAY
THE AREA WILL BE UNDER A TEMPORARY RIDGE BEING PUMPED UP BY AN
APPROACHING SYSTEM WHICH WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TUMBLING 4 OR 5 DEGREES ON SATURDAY AS
THE SATURDAY SYSTEM BRINGS IN CONSIDERABLE COLD AIR. THIS WILL LOWER
SNOW LEVELS FROM 3500 TO 4500 FEET WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT TO
1500 TO 2500 FEET ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 83
&&
.AVIATION...A WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA HAS BROUGHT VFR AND
MVFR CONDITIONS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS AND ON ALL TWEB ROUTES. GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS TO 25 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AT
KRDM...KPDT...KALW AND KPSC. 83
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 42 49 33 46 / 70 70 20 20
ALW 44 52 36 48 / 70 70 20 20
PSC 43 56 32 48 / 70 50 20 20
YKM 35 48 27 41 / 80 50 20 40
HRI 42 53 33 47 / 70 50 20 20
ELN 31 43 28 37 / 70 50 20 40
RDM 40 47 23 38 / 80 70 20 40
LGD 37 44 28 37 / 70 60 20 20
5J0 33 43 21 37 / 80 60 20 30
DLS 40 51 35 42 / 90 80 20 50
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY FOR ORZ050-ORZ506.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ043.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR
ORZ049.
WA...HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY FOR WAZ501.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR WAZ502.
&&
TI:YYY
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
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</html>1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
9 inches snow in 4 hours at Roslyn 9NW. Storm total of 14 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 2006
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: 5489338.