M. to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reporting that an avalanche with a width of 200 yards and a length of about 100 yards had buried a man and his snowmobile.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
A call came in at 3:30 P.M. to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reporting that an avalanche with a width of 200 yards and a length of about 100 yards had buried a man and his snowmobile. The depth of the debris field was about 3 to 5 feet. Search and Rescue crews located him around 5:50 P.M.
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 Mar 30, 1:25 PM PST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 225 PM PDT SUN MAR 30 2014 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING AND A DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE REGION WAS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE MAY ALSO BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE AN ISOLD TSRA. OTHERWISE THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DRIER AIR WORKS IT WAY IN FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT WITH DECREASING POPS. A DISTURBANCE JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION MAY BRING SOME SHOWERS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN ZONES TOMORROW BEFORE SPREADING NORTH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A CHALLENGE IS WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT SHOULD EFFECT THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MODELS WERE BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WAS MOVING IT FURTHER INTO OUR AREA. THEREFORE POPS WERE INCREASED MAINLY SOUTH OF THE OR/WA STATE LINE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE MOISTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND TAKES MUCH OF THE PCPN WITH IT. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PACIFIC COAST WEDNESDAY AND SHIFT SLOWLY EAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL CREATE A SHORT-LIVED DRYING TREND OVER EASTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY THE MODELS DIVERGE AGAIN. THE GFS HAS PROGRESSIVE ZONAL FLOW THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ECMWF HAS A CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND SPLIT FLOW OVER WASHINGTON AND OREGON FRIDAY THEN DEVELOPS PROGRESSIVE NORTHWEST FLOW SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I PREFER THE GFS WITH ITS BETTER RUN TO RUN PATTERN CONSISTENCY. THIS WILL KEEP A SERIES OF WEAK SYSTEMS WITH CHANCE POPS MOUNTAINS AND SLIGHT CHANCE IN TYPICALLY RAIN SHADOWED AREAS. THERE WILL BE SHORT BREAKS BUT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CONSISTENCY IN TIMING THESE BREAKS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. COONFIELD && AVIATION...0Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR TAF SITES. SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY BRIEFLY CAUSE MVFR CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. 76 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 34 56 36 58 / 20 20 20 20 ALW 37 57 39 61 / 20 20 20 20 PSC 35 60 35 63 / 10 10 10 20 YKM 29 58 33 61 / 10 10 20 20 HRI 33 59 35 62 / 10 20 20 20 ELN 30 57 32 60 / 10 10 20 10 RDM 25 52 31 51 / 20 30 40 40 LGD 28 51 32 54 / 20 20 20 30 GCD 30 52 32 49 / 20 30 30 40 DLS 35 59 38 60 / 20 20 30 30 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && THREAT INDEX MONDAY : GREEN TUESDAY : GREEN WEDNESDAY : GREEN GREEN: NONE OR LIMITED NEED FOR WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES. YELLOW: A FEW WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT. RED: NUMEROUS WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 97/76/76
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 621 AM PDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ORZ050-502-WAZ030-311330- WALLOWA COUNTY-NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 621 AM PDT SUN MAR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM, IN COMBINATION WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS, WILL PRODUCE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS. A FEW STRAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS WITHIN THE ABOVE LISTED AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAK AND NON-SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE OREGON COAST TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL OREGON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche, East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades | 2014-03-30 | 28 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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