Another unusually cold late winter storm moved into Southern Oregon and Northern California during this interval. |CAZ080 cancelled at 28/0540 PST.
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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.
Another unusually cold late winter storm moved into Southern Oregon and Northern California during this interval. Several Heavy Snow Warnings were issued for this system along with a number of Snow Advisories.|Issued Effective Time Warning Zone(s)|26/0336 26/0336-27/1200 Heavy Snow CAZ080/082/083 > 1500 feet|CAZ083 downgraded to Snow Advisory at 26/0903 PST.|CAZ080/082 extended to 27/1600 PST at 26/1407 PST.|CAZ082 downgraded to Snow Advisory at 27/1501 PST.|CAZ080 extended to 28/1200 PST at 27/1501 PST.|CAZ080 shortened to 28/1000 PST at 27/2304 PST > 1000 feet.|CAZ080 cancelled at 28/0540 PST.
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 26, 3:50 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
350 AM PST MON FEB 26 2007
.DISCUSSION...COLD AND SHOWERY PATTERN REMAINS OVER THE REGION IN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PATTERN COMBINED WITH ONSHORE FLOW WITH -35 TO
-39C COLD POOL ALOFT AT 500 MB. CENTER OF CIRCULATION ALOFT IS
EVIDENT ON THE WV AND IR SAT IMAGES. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING
ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...INTENSIFYING THE
SHOWER ACTIVITY AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. EVERY
WEAK SHORT WAVE HAS DEVELOPED ISOLATED...VERY LOW
TOPPED...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE COASTAL WATERS THAT END
AFTER MOVING INLAND A SHORT DISTANCE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BE A LITTLE STRONGER AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION
BRINGING THE THUNDER A LITTLE FARTHER INLAND...BUT THEY SHOULD NOT
REACH INTO THE INLAND ZONES. COLD SHOWERS REMAIN BEHIND THE FRONT
INTO WEDNESDAY...WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO MOVE
INLAND...BRINGING THE COLD POOL ALOFT WITH IT.
&&
.AVIATION...SCATTERED IFR CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW SHOWERS
LIFT TO ISOLATED IFR WITH SCATTERED MVFR CONDITIONS BEFORE SNOW
SHOWERS INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING BRINGING WIDESPREAD IFR
CONDITIONS IN WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR ORZ021-
ORZ022.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM PST TUESDAY FOR ORZ021-ORZ022-ORZ023-
ORZ024-ORZ026-ORZ027.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 12 PM PST TUESDAY FOR ORZ025.
CA...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM PST TUESDAY FOR CAZ081.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 12 PM PST TUESDAY FOR CAZ080-CAZ082-
CAZ083.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
PZZ350-PZZ356-PZZ370-PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ350-
PZZ356-PZZ370-PZZ376.
SVENThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter 4SW Weed reported 6.5 inches of snow in 9 hours.
Spotter SY86 10SE Somes Bar at 1200 feet reported 7 inches of snow in 12 hours.
A spotter north of Lookout reported 6 inches of snow in 12 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2007
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10359, 10360, 10361.