Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
519 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ABOVE THE LOWER VALLEYS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...
.A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN
3000 AND 4000 FEET FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...WITH GUSTY WINDS
ABOVE 4000 FEET. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.
ORZ027-028-201200-
/O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0022.091120T1500Z-091121T0900Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...
DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT
519 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO
1 AM PST SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM
FRIDAY TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY.
* TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...
AND THEN WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500
FOOT ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN NEAR 4000 FEET ON FRIDAY
MORNING...AND THEN WILL FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: EXPECTED IMPACTS WILL BE ON INTERSTATE 5 AROUND
SISKIYOU SUMMIT...AROUND THE MOUNT ASHLAND SKI ROAD...AND FROM
UNION CREEK NORTH THROUGH THE CRATER AND DIAMOND LAKE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
519 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ABOVE THE LOWER VALLEYS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...
.A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN
3000 AND 4000 FEET FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...WITH GUSTY WINDS
ABOVE 4000 FEET. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.
ORZ027-028-201200-
/O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0022.091120T1500Z-091121T0900Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...
DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT
519 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO
1 AM PST SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM
FRIDAY TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY.
* TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...
AND THEN WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500
FOOT ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN NEAR 4000 FEET ON FRIDAY
MORNING...AND THEN WILL FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: EXPECTED IMPACTS WILL BE ON INTERSTATE 5 AROUND
SISKIYOU SUMMIT...AROUND THE MOUNT ASHLAND SKI ROAD...AND FROM
UNION CREEK NORTH THROUGH THE CRATER AND DIAMOND LAKE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...