[Oremem] WEATHER ALERT OREGON

[Chris & Kathleen]

ST ALLOR @ AAR0FB
RR MTS 1R ALLOR
DE AAR0FB NR 01100223
R 181730Z JAN 01
FM CHRIS TEAGUE AAR0FB
TO ALL OREGON ARMY MARS MEMBERS AND STATIONS
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SUBJ: : WEATHER ALERT OREGON

1.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
500 AM MST FRI JAN 18 2002

A...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL RETURN TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...
A MOIST WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST OREGON
AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO THIS WEEKEND FOR A ROUND OF HEAVY SNOWS FOR THE
MOUNTAINS.  THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC SYSTEMS WILL MOVE OVER
THE AREA SATURDAY WITH A POSSIBILITY OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND UP TO 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW AT THE LOWEST
ELEVATIONS.  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY NIGHT BUT THE
NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY.  THIS SYSTEM
FOR SUNDAY IS STRONGER AND HAS SIGNIFICANT MORE MOISTURE.
ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS FOR SUNDAY COULD POSSIBLY BE UP TO 6 INCHES
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS.  SNOW MAY MIX
WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS.  STAY TUNED FOR
POSSIBLE UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER PATTERN.

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2.WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
410 AM PST FRI JAN 18 2002
1...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW THIS WEEKEND IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

A...INCREASINGLY WET WEATHER OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THIS WEEKEND...

B.A SERIES OF INCREASINGLY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND RAIN TO THE VALLEYS AND
THE COAST THIS WEEKEND.

C.THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL COME ONSHORE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCH TOTALS OF SNOW IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD COVERING TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN THE COAST RANGE AS
WELL. THE SNOW LEVEL BE AS LOW AS 1000 OR 1500 FEET AT TIMES.

D.A STRONGER AND WETTER SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE
MORE HEAVY SNOW IN THE CASCADES...WITH TOTALS LIKELY EXCEEDING ONE
FOOT...POSSIBLY REACHING AS MUCH AS 2 FEET IN AREAS. THE SNOW LEVEL
WILL RISE TO NEAR 3500 FEET.

E.THE STRONGER SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST...WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ALONG
THE COAST...IN THE INLAND VALLEYS...AND ALONG THE COAST RANGE...WITH
POSSIBLE RISES ESPECIALLY FOR RIVERS ON THE COAST.

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TOLLESON

3.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
430 AM PST FRI JAN 18 2002

A...COLD OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
HOLIDAY...

B.RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BE BATTLING THE EFFECTS OF LOW
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS.  SATURDAY MORNING
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND SOME AREAS WILL MIX IN PATCHY FREEZING FOG
FOR GOOD MEASURE.  SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
WILL BE A BIT MILDER WHILE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.

C.HOWEVER...AS THE STORM MOVES EASTWARD ON TUESDAY...IT APPEARS
THAT SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.  IF RESIDENTS HAVE THUS FAR AVOIDED TAKING
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST BURST PIPES AND FROZEN VEGETATION...THEIR LUCK
MAY WELL RUN OUT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

D.AS NOTED...IN ADDITION TO COLD TEMPERATURES THERE WILL BE A RETURN
OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION.  A MINOR COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA RANGE ON SATURDAY
AND LEAVE BEHIND A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET.  THE NEXT
WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE FAR NORTHWESTERN
PORTION OF CALIFORNIA BY SUNDAY NIGHT.

E.THE BRUNT OF THE STORM WILL COME ON MONDAY AND RAIN AND SNOW IS
LIKELY TO FALL ACROSS ALL LOCALES IN THE REGION.  SNOW LEVELS AT THE
TRANS-SIERRA PASSES WILL STEADILY DROP ON MONDAY.  IT WILL BE NEAR
4500 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING THEN DROP TO NEAR 3000 FEET BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY.  THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS MAY HAVE A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW
AS THE STORM LINGERS TUESDAY MORNING AND THE COLDEST AIR ARRIVES.
F.THE LATEST FORECASTS...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SACRAMENTO
(USE LOWER CASE).  WHILE TRAVELING...THE MOST UP-TO-DATE WEATHER
INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
$$
KJ

4.URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
858 AM PST FRI JAN 18 2002

A.CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON
CASCADE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...COUGAR...
DETROIT...GOVERNMENT CAMP...MOUNT ST. HELENS...OAKRIDGE AND TOUTLE
858 AM PST FRI JAN 18 2002

B...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE
CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY...THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES...THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES...

C.THREE TO SIX INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES WITH ANOTHER THREE TO SIX
INCHES ON SATURDAY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN
THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER ONE TO
THREE INCHES ON SATURDAY...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 1000 TO 1500
FEET  LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
$$

WILLSON

5.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
430 AM PST FRI JAN 18 2002

A...HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND...
A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND THAT WILL
ALLOW HEAVY SNOWS TO FALL ONCE AGAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND
WASHINGTON. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. BY THE FIRST
OF NEXT WEEK THERE COULD BE A FOOT OR MORE OF NEW SNOW THROUGHOUT
THE MOUNTAINS.

B.BE SURE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

$$

RSC

6.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
520 AM PST FRI JAN 18 2002

A...LOW ELEVATION SNOWS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON SATURDAY
MORNING...

B.A COLD WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA
WILL REACH SOUTHERN OREGON SATURDAY MORNING. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AS LOW AS 1000 FEET BEFORE MOVING
EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

C.ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS...BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL.

D.STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR
WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MEDFORD

$$
ROSSI/STAVISH


7. MEMBERS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL NWS AND RADIO/TV BROADCASTS
FOR LOCAL REVISIONS TO THIS WARNING AND SHOULD SEND EEI AND
SITREPS AS AND IF THE SITUATION WORSENS LOCALLY.
SGD CHRIS TEAGUE/ AAR0FB OR SW ZONE COORD. OREGON ARMY MARS
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