25 inch or more at both Snoqualmie Pass and White Pass.
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 SEW wrote it up.
Strong, cold easterly flow ahead an approaching warm front produced a mix of snow and freezing rain in the Cascades passes, with ice accumulations of 0.25 inch or more at both Snoqualmie Pass and White Pass.
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 Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 28, 9:34 PM PST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
934 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...
LOCALLY HEAVY...TO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING UNDER WEAK LOW PRESSURE
ALOFT. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND USHER
IN A DRIER AIR MASS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IN THE NEAR TERM WILL BE FREEZING RAIN
IN THE LOWER CASCADE PASSES /BELOW 4500 FEET/. THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT FREEZING RAIN RATES WILL INCREASE BEFORE THE PRECIP CHANGES
OVER TO JUST RAIN...RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
EXCEEDING A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IF THIS OCCURS...THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED TO A WARNING.
MEANWHILE...A 150-KNOT PLUS JET WILL MOVE TOWARD WA AND OREGON
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE LEFT EXIT REGION ANTICIPATED TO BE OVER THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA BY MIDMORNING WED. CONCERN WAS THAT
PRECIP AMOUNTS WILL BE A BIT HEAVIER OVER THIS AREA OVERNIGHT
THROUGH WED MORNING THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. WILL UPDATE
THE QPF TO INDICATE HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE PRECIP SHOULD FALL MAINLY
AS RAIN BELOW THE 6000 FOOT LEVEL IN THE AREA OF CONCERN...EXCEPT
IN THE CASCADE PASSES PRONE TO COLD...EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW.
THE OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA EARLY WED...WITH THE
UPPER TROF FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE FOCUS OF
THE HEAVIEST PRECIP SHOULD SHIFT TO THE NORTH CASCADES DURING THE
DAY WED. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR THE STEADY PRECIP TO BECOME SHOWERY
BEHIND THE FRONT. ALSO...EXPECT LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE.
CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION WED NIGHT THROUGH
AT LEAST FRI MORNING FOR SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED CONDITIONS. COLD AIR
ADVECTION WILL ALSO BE OCCURRING DURING THIS PERIOD FOR BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS AND LOW SNOW LEVELS. INCREASING NORTHERLY FLOW
ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE SHOULD DRY THINGS OUT FRI AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM FROM THE PREV DISCUSSION...
SLIGHTLY CYCLONIC NW FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL FROM SAT-TUE. THE
OFFICIAL FORECAST CONTINUED TO REFLECT 20-30 POPS FOR MOST OF THE
EXTENDED FORECAST FROM SAT-TUE...BUT THE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON THE
70-80 PCT CHANCE OF DRY WEATHER. HOWEVER...NW FLOW ALOFT AND SOME
STEADY LEAKAGE OF COOL CANADIAN AIR THROUGH THE FRASER RIVER
CANYON WILL GRADUALLY BRING THE SNOW LEVEL TO BELOW 1000 FEET BY
MON MORNING...CONTINUING LOW THROUGH TUE. GIVEN LOW 20-30
POPS...THE CHANCE OF ANY ACCUMULATION WAS QUITE LOW. EVEN IF
PRECIP TAKES PLACE...IT WILL COME IN A BRIEF SHOWER WITH LIGHT
QPF. HANER
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
RIVER FLOODING IS UNLIKELY THE NEXT 7 DAYS.
&&
.AVIATION...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BE WESTERLY. THE AIR MASS
IS MOIST AND STABLE...BECOMING UNSTABLE ON WEDNESDAY.
KSEA...LOW CLOUDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. LIGHT NORTH WINDS THIS EVENING WILL SWITCH TO SOUTH
LATER TONIGHT AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCHNEIDER
&&
.MARINE...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
WITH 1005-1007 MB MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE OLYMPICS LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING...ALTHOUGH THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW IS SOMEWHAT
UNCERTAIN. THE COASTAL WATERS AND WEST ENTRANCE WILL SEE
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WITH WEST SWELLS OF 10-12 FT
TONIGHT. MOST WATERS SHOULD HAVE SOUTHWEST TO WEST SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER INTERIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT SOUTH INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON ON
SATURDAY. SCHNEIDER
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
CASCADES ABOVE 2000 FEET.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY FOR
THE COASTAL WATERS AND WEST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE
FUCA.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ROUGH BAR UNTIL 4 PM
WEDNESDAY FOR THE GRAYS HARBOR BAR.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
FOR THE GRAPHICAL AFD...VISIT
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Washington DOT at Snoqualmie Pass and White Pass reported ice accumulation of 0.25 inch from freezing rain.
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