A frontal system brought snow and ice to Southwest Washington February 7th and 8th after a previous storm produced widespread heavy snow across the area on February 6th.
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 PQR wrote it up.
A frontal system brought snow and ice to Southwest Washington February 7th and 8th after a previous storm produced widespread heavy snow across the area on February 6th.
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 10:34 AM PST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1034 AM PST FRI FEB 7 2014
UPDATED AVIATION AND MARINE DISCUSSIONS
.SYNOPSIS...THE SECOND SYSTEM IN A ONE-TWO-THREE PUNCH OF WINTRY
WEATHER FOR NORTHWEST OREGON IS DEVELOPING OFFSHORE...AND WILL SPREAD
SNOW NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
ARE LIKELY FOR MOST OF OUR NORTHWEST OREGON ZONES BY SATURDAY
MORNING...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM THE
SOUTH. SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WILL BE ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...WITH MAINLY AREAS NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER
AFFECTED. THE THIRD SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE WINTRY WEATHER TO OUR AREA
LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...BUT THERE IS STILL A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY
IN HOW FAR NORTH THIS SYSTEMS IMPACTS WILL REACH. OVERALL A VERY
COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER SITUATION UNFOLDING OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
AND NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH SUNDAY. NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE A TURN
TOWARD MORE TYPICAL WEATHER FOR THE REGION WITH MILDER PACIFIC
FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN.
&&
.UPDATE...SNOW IS PROGRESING UP THE VALLEY...AND SPED UP THE POPS
THIS AFTERNOON. THUS EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN SOONER THAN EARLIER
FORECAST. ALSO...CAMERAS IN NEWPORT SHOW LIQUID PRECIP AND TEMPS ARE
AROUND 30. EXPECT SOME FREEZING RAIN IN THESE AREAS...AND UP
TO A TENTH INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SILETZ. FARTHER INLAND STILL
THINK SNOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIP TYPE AS THE RAWS STATIONS ARE
UNCHANGED FROM EARLIER. THAT SAID THE RAP 925 TEMPERATURE IS
TRACKING FAIRLY WELL IF NOT A LITTLE SNOW FOR THE WARM NOSE. IF THE
RAP IS TRUE...THIS WOULD SUGGEST A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUING HEDGING THE FORECAST IN THIS
DIRECTION. THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST NEAR FLORENCE SHOULD BE
JUST RAIN BASED ON OBS AND CAMERAS. NOWCAST COMING OUT SOON.
/KMD
REST OF THE MORNING UPDATE UNCHAGED...NO BIG CHANGES FOR THE MORNING
UPDATE. SNOW HAS STARTED TO FALL IN EUGENE BASED ON REPORTS WITH A
FRESH COATING EARLIER AND NOW COMING DOWN HARDER. EXPECT THIS IS LOW
LEVEL FORCED AS THE UPPER FORCING IS STILL A BIT FARTHER OFFSHORE.
WHILE SNOW IS THE INITIAL PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SHOULD BE FOR A
WHILE IN THE SOUTH... AS MODELS SUGGEST THE WARM NOSE AT 925/850
STAYS SOUTH THROUGH 0Z. SO INITIAL CONCERNS FOR FREEZING RAIN ARE
TOO HIGH JUST YET. THAT SAID... CONCERNS ARE SOMEWHAT HIGHER FOR
FREEZING RAIN/ICING SITUATION AT LEAST FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST...COAST RANGE...SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...AND THE LOWER
VALLEYS IN THE LANE COUNTY CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
OBSERVATIONS THIS MORNING SHOW A THICK DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN WARMER
SURFACE AIR AT THE COAST WHERE IT IS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S AT
WALDPORT...YACHATS AND FLORENCE...MEANWHILE OFFSHORE FLOW MAINTAINS
COLDER AIR FROM NEWPORT NORTH. A SIMILIAR STORY IS THE CASE WHERE IT
IS 40 AND RAINING IN ROSEBURG AND 21 IN EUGENE. MEANWHILE...A
TELLING TALE OF WHAT TO MONITOR TODAY MAY BE THE RAWS STATIONS IN
THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE. HIGH POINT AND GOODWIN PEAK ARE GOOD
ONES AT JUST UNDER 2000 FT...AND ARE LOCATED AT TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
EUGENE. THESE STATIONS SIT AT AROUND 32 DEGREES WITH SIMILAR
DEWPOINT VALUES AND MAINTAIN A WEAK OR A SOUTH WIND. NOW THESE
STATIONS WERE A LITTLE WARMER LAST EVENING WHEN FREEZING RAIN MIXED
IN. MEANWHILE VILLAGE CREEK AND WILKINSON RIDGE RAWS JUST A BIT
FARTHER NORTH IN THE COAST RANGE...WHICH ARE LOCATED BETWEEN EUGENE
AND CORVALLIS AND AT 1500 FT ELEVATION...SIT AT 25 AND 26. THIS IS
POTENTIALLY THE HIGHEST IMPACT WEATHER...EVEN THOUGH ANOTHER ROUND
OF WIDESPREAD SNOW IS AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION IN THAT IT IS NOT COMMON FOR
OUR AREA TO GO FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN AND BACK TO SNOW...THUS THE
CONCERN...BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING. THE MODELS
ARE ALREADY BRINING THE LOWEST LEVEL COLD AIR TOO FAST...BUT AS THE
SURFACE LOW TRACKS IN IT LOOKS LIKE THE COAST WILL SEE A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN AND THEN IF THE LOW GOES.
SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF...BUT THERE ARE A FEW LIGHTNING
STRIKES WELL OFFSHORE OF THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER NEAR THE MID
LEVEL DRY SLOT AND WHERE THE CURRENT DOMINATING SURFACE LOW IS.
MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT THAT THE JET ENERGY TO THE SOUTH WILL
ALLOW THE LOW MUCH FARTHER OFFSHORE AND TO THE SOUTH TO DOMINATE.
WHERE THEY DIFFER IS HOW FAR NORTH THE LOW LEVEL WARM AIR SPREADS.
THIS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BUNCH OF ICE FROM NEWPORT NORTH
WITH THE SECOND PUNCH COMING IN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODELS DO
GENERALLY AGREE THAT AT LEAST THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY THAT THE FREEZING
RAIN THREAT IN THE VALLEY REMAINS FROM SALEM SOUTH. IF YOU BELIEVE
NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND THE RAW MOS GUIDANCE...EUGENE WILL SWITCH TO
RAIN. DONT THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN. MODELS DO GENERALLY AGREE THAT
AT LEAST THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY THAT THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT IN THE
VALLEY REMAINS FROM SALEM SOUTH. THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEE AS GFS/NAM
BUFR SOUNDINGS BRING THE WARM NOSE AWFULLY CLOSE...BUT THE CURRENT
FEELING RIGHT NOW. WILL KEEP A CHANCE THERE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY AS GFS/NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS BRING THE WARM NOSE AWFULLY
CLOSE.
NOT TO IGNORE AREAS FARTHER NORTH...PROFILES ARE ALL SNOW,. THERE IS
PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WHICH IS MORE LOOSELY
ORGANIZED OFFSHORE BUT WILL PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA AS
THE CLASH OF THE COLD AND MILD PACIFIC AIR COMMENCES AGAIN FARTHER
NORTH. THIS WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW TO GET GOING
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN EXPECT BANDING TO OCCUR...LIKELY
FARTHER NORTH THAN THE MODELS ARE SHOWING. /KMD
&&
.SHORT TERM...AGAIN OUR APOLOGIES FOR THE TARDINESS OF THIS
DISCUSSION... THIS SHIFT HAS BEEN VERY BUSY ON MANY FRONTS...BOTH
LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
FIRST THINGS FIRST...AS MOST OF US KNOW BY NOW WEAK LOW PRESSURE
BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLOSE TO THAT IN THE COAST RANGE. LOW PRESSURE
TOOK THE PERFECT TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA...WITH ITS
ASSOCIATED FRONT OF MOIST AND RELATIVELY MILD PACIFIC AIR OCCLUDING
AS IT MOVED INTO A BURLY ARCTIC AIR MASS ENTRENCHED OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. ALL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR THIS SYSTEM HAVE ENDED IN
OUR FORECAST AREA...AS THIS SYSTEM HAS SINCE SHIFTED ITS FOCUS EAST
INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE AREA.
THE REASON FOR THE RECAP IS THAT THIS IS ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WILL
HAPPEN AGAIN LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. BROAD AND ELONGATED UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND WESTWARD INTO THE
PACIFIC. A VORT LOBE IS POSITIONED NEAR 47N/133W...ALMOST EXACTLY
WHERE THURSDAYS VORT LOBE WAS POSITIONED THIS TIME YESTERDAY. MSAS
ANALYSIS AND IR IMAGERY INDICATE A SURFACE REFLECTION VERY NEARBY AT
ABOUT 45N/132W. ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO
TAP INTO DEEPER MOISTURE...WITH A NARROW PLUME EXTENDING SOUTHWEST
ALL THE WAY TO HAWAII. AS A RESULT MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE IMPRESSIVE
QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS WELL AS A STRONGER SURGE OF WARM AIR ALOFT
WHICH SHOULD EVENTUALLY CHANGE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE
EUGENE AREA AND POSSIBLY FARTHER NORTH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO FAR SW
OREGON... THIS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE
VORT LOBE TEAMS UP WITH
THIS WILL BE A COMPLEX PRECIPITATION TYPE FORECAST...WITH COLD AIR
TRAPPED IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. TO SHOW THE CONTRAST...AT 5 AM THE
TEMPERATURE WAS 21 DEGREES IN EUGENE AND 40 DEGREES IN ROSEBURG.
PRESSURE GRADIENTS REMAIN NORTHERLY THROUGH THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
SO THIS LOW LEVEL COLD AIR IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE SOON.
USING 4KM UW WRFGFS SOUNDINGS ALONE...IT WOULD SEEM ENOUGH WARM AIR
WOULD ADVECT INTO EUGENE TO PUSH THEIR TEMPS WELL INTO THE 30S AND
CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW AN EVEN MORE
DRAMATIC WARMUP. HOWEVER...AS LONG AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS THROUGH THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY REMAIN NORTHERLY...THERE WILL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
THREAT OF FROZEN/FREEZING PRECIPITATION. WITH QPF INCREASING
RAPIDLY...WE FELT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO GO AGAINST MOST GUIDANCE AND
ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR OUT SOUTHERN ZONES DUE TO THE
COMBINATION THREAT OF SNOW AND ICE. TEMPS REMAIN IN THE 20S AT
NEWPORT...SO A SIMILAR SITUATION FOR THEM...AS LONG AS GRADIENTS
REMAIN OFFSHORE IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO GIVE THEM THE ALL
CLEAR. AREAS FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE COAST...TILLAMOOK AND LINCOLN
CITY...WILL STAY SNOW LONGER THAN AREAS FARTHER SOUTH.
FARTHER NORTH IT IS PERHAPS A BIT EASIER. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF
COLD AIR IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...AND ALTHOUGH EASTERLY GRADIENTS HAVE
RELAXED THROUGH THE GORGE...THEY WILL RAMP UP AGAIN AS LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL KEEP THE PROVERBIAL
FREEZER DOOR OPEN...REPLENESHING THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WILLAMETTE
VALLEY WITH COLD AIR. THE EASTSIDE COLD POOL IS DEEP...PROBABLY ABOUT
4000-6000FT DEEP...SO ANY WARM NOSE TRYING TO PUSH NORTHEAST INTO
PORTLAND WILL HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME PUSHING ANY TEMPERATURES IN
THE COLUMN ABOVE FREEZING. IN FACT...MILDER PACIFIC AIR PUSHING INTO
THE PORTLAND METRO WILL LIKELY ENHANCE LOW-MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AS
A SQUEEZE PLAY OCCURS BETWEEN MOIST AND MILD PACIFIC AIR AND THE
ARCTIC AIR THAT IS IN PLACE. THIS WILL CREATE LIFT AND ENHANCE
PRECIPITATION...THE 00Z/06Z GFS SHOW THIS PRETTY WELL...WHICH THEY
DID WITH YESTERDAYS SYSTEM.
A LOT OF WORDS TO SIMPLY SAY...EXPECT A SIMILAR SCENARIO TO PLAY OUT
TODAY TO THE ONE THAT PLAYED OUT THURSDAY. OVERALL TIMING WILL BE A
FEW HOURS LATER...AND THE TIMING OF THE WARNINGS REFLECT THIS. AS
MENTIONED EARLIER...THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE WARMER AIR HAVING
A LITTLE MORE SUCCESS MOVING INTO THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AS THE
SFC LOW MOVES ONSHORE.
ANOTHER SIMILAR WAVE IS ON TAP FOR LATER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
THOUGH WITH FAST FLOW AND SUBTLE SHORTWAVES IN THE NE PACIFIC
CONFIDENCE IN PRECISE TIMING IS LOW. 06Z GFS/NAM PAINT A SIMILAR
STRIPE OF QPF ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM.
THE MOUNTAINS ARE NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN...OVERALL THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE
CASCADES WILL SEE A MUCH-NEEDED BOOST TO THEIR SNOWPACK. THE UW
WRF-GFS...NAM...GEM...GFS...ALL HAVE SNOW MEASURED IN FEET FOR THEM
OVER THE COMING DAYS. AFTER A LONG WAIT...IT APPEARS THE HOPES FOR
SNOW IN THE CASCADES ARE FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION. WEAGLE
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...REGION BEGINS TO SIT
SQUARE UNDER THE STORM TRACK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. BROAD LOW PRESSURE
WILL SET UP OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH A BROAD RIDGE CENTERED JUST
OFF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS WILL ALLOW A SERIES OF SHORT
WAVES TO PROGRESS ALONG JET STREAM AND BRING MORE FREQUENT PERIODS
OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW AND FEWER PERIOD OF DRY PERIODS. GENERALLY
SPEAKING...WILL SEE SNOW LEVELS FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 3000 FEET AND 5500
FEET DEPENDING ON WHEN THE PASSING SHORT WAVES PUSH LEADING WARMER
AIR SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH. OVERALL...THIS APPEARS TO BE A GOOD
PATTERN FOR PRODUCING SNOW PACKS HIGHER IN THE CASCADES AS OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL LARGELY STAY BELOW FREEZING. MODELS ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL WAVES. PRECIP NOW
APPEARS TO BE FOCUSED ON LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...MID-DAY TUESDAY/
TUESDAY EVENING...AND THEN THURSDAY HEADING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
MODELED QPF AMOUNTS VARY...NOT SURPRISINGLY...BETWEEN THE MEDIUM
RANGE MODELS AND THE INDIVIDUAL WAVES...BUT IT DOES APPEAR THE PACNW
WILL BE IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF THE PACIFIC MOISTURE FEED. THUS DO NOT
FEEL OVERLY COMFORTABLE REGARDING THE NATURE OF ANY ONE SPECIFIC
SYSTEM. FORTUNATELY...THERE DO APPEAR TO BE AROUND 12 HOUR BREAKS
BETWEEN SYSTEMS. /JBONK
&&
.AVIATION...NEXT ROUND OF SNOW HAS PROGRESSED INLAND ABOUT TO REACH
AS FAR NORTH AS KSLE. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS BAND DRIFT NORTH
REACHING KHIO...KPDX...AND KTTD BY 20Z IF NOT A BIT SOONER AND KAST
AN HOUR OR SO LATER. THIS IS ALL FASTER THAN MODELS HAVE INDICATED
AND HAVE ADAPTED TAFS TO MATCH. MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE THE PROBABLE
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND OR SLEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTH VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE
TRANSITION AT KONP. MODERATE SNOW AT KEUG WILL BEGIN TO GIVE WAY
WITH THE BEST GUESS OCCURRING AT 22Z AND AT KSLE AT 23Z. EXPECT TO
SEE A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TOP OF THE ONGOING SNOW.
DEEPER EAST WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH CASCADES SHOULD LIMIT THE
NORTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FREEZING RAIN DURING NEXT 24 HOURS.
FIRST GUESS TODAY MAY SEE KHIO KTTD AND KPDX CHANGE TO FZRA AROUND
09/03 Z SATURDAY EVENING BUT IT APPEARS THE BULK OF PRECIP SHOULD
END BY THEN. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATING ICE IS STILL LIKELY.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REACH THE FIELD
AROUND 20Z AS TODAY'S PRECIP BAND DRIFTS NORTHWARD. PEAK SNOW WILL
INTENSIFY BEGINNING CLOSER TO 00Z WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED 08/00 TO 08/03Z. ALSO EXPECT BLSN TO OBSCURE NEAR SURFACE
VSBY AT THAT TIME. CONTINUE TO EXPECT AROUND 3 INCHES OF TOTAL
ACCUMULATION BY LATER EVENING. LOOKS LIKE SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY
BECOME MORE SHOWERY. CURRENT THOUGHTS BRING FIRST FZRA POSSIBILITY
TO KPDX AROUND 09/03Z.
&&
.MARINE...BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES OVER NE PAC...WITH HIGH PRES WILL
INLAND. GRADIENTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT
AS STRONGER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE SW. WINDS ARE GUSTING 20 TO
25 KT OVER THE N WATERS AT BUOY 29 AND WILL APPEAR TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. HAVE ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO
COVER. NEAR SHORE WINDS ARE NOT SUPPORTING AN ADVISORY AT THIS
TIME WITH COLDER DENSER AIR KEEPING THE WINDS OFF THE COAST RANGE
ELEVATED UNTIL FURTHER OUT TO SEA. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN IS
OCCURRING NEAR NEWPORT AND WILL PROGRESS NORTHWARD UP THE COAST
TODAY...PERHAPS REACHING AS FAR AS KAST BUT MORE LIKELY SEASIDE
AND SOUTH. COULD PICK UP A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SEAS
HOLDING AT 4 TO 5 FT.
A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SOLID GALE FORCE WINDS OF 25
TO 40 KT TUES...WITH SEAS BUILDING ABOVE 10 FT. /JBONK
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN
OREGON CASCADES-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-GREATER PORTLAND
METRO AREA-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL
WILLAMETTE VALLEY-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-NORTHERN
OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY FOR CASCADE
FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN
OREGON-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY FOR CASCADES IN
LANE COUNTY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY FOR LOWER COLUMBIA.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL
OREGON COAST.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR NORTH OREGON
COAST.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-GREATER VANCOUVER
AREA-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY FOR I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10
TO 60 NM.
&&
MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT..
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.PORTLAND.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSPORTLAND
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
138 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0138 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 WSW PIKE 45.36N 123.34W
02/07/2014 M2.8 INCH YAMHILL OR TRAINED SPOTTER
2.75 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY
&&
JPYLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
142 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0141 PM HEAVY SNOW STAYTON 44.80N 122.80W
02/07/2014 M2.8 INCH MARION OR PUBLIC
2.75 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY
0141 PM HEAVY SNOW EUGENE 44.05N 123.11W
02/07/2014 M6.0 INCH LANE OR POST OFFICE
6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. 9 INCHES TOTAL INCLUDING
YESTERDAY.
&&
JPYLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
144 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 PM HEAVY SNOW CORVALLIS 44.57N 123.28W
02/07/2014 M5.0 INCH BENTON OR PUBLIC
5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY
&&
JPYLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
147 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 SW CORVALLIS 44.51N 123.34W
02/07/2014 M3.0 INCH BENTON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. STORM TOTAL OF 11 INCHES
INCLUDING YESTERDAY.
&&
JPYLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
208 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0207 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 ESE DETROIT 44.73N 122.14W
02/07/2014 M2.5 INCH MARION OR TRAINED SPOTTER
2.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. STORM TOTAL OF 16.5 INCHES
INCLUDING YESTERDAY.
&&
JPYLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
223 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0211 PM HEAVY SNOW ALOHA 45.49N 122.87W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH WASHINGTON OR PUBLIC
1 INCH OF NEW SNOW TODAY
0222 PM HEAVY SNOW SW SILETZ 44.72N 123.92W
02/07/2014 M3.0 INCH LINCOLN OR TRAINED SPOTTER
3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY
&&
JPYLE3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
There were not many reports in this area, but 4 inches of snow in nearby Parkdale, OR and 9 inches in BZ Corner, OR provide an estimate of 4 to 6 inches of snow. There were also early reports of 1 to 2 inches of snow in the Gorge as the event began. There were intermittent closures on Highway 84 due to snow and icy roads.
There were not many reports in this area, but 4 inches of snow in nearby Parkdale, OR and 9 inches in BZ Corner, OR provide an estimate of 4 to 6 inches of snow. There were also early reports of 1 to 2 inches of snow in the Gorge as the event began. There were intermittent closures on Highway 84 due to snow and icy roads.
A trained spotter in Longview reported 4 inches of snow. Archived radar data estimates that this snow was over a 6 hour period.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2014
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