Interactive NWS Alert Information

New Event for Klamath County

Winter Weather Advisory valid from Dec 2 4:00 AM to 1:00 PM PST

Sent to E-Mail at Dec 1 2:17 PM PST

 

Radar Time: Dec 1 2013 3:05 PM PST

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

217 PM PST SUN DEC 1 2013

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SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-

SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE

217 PM PST SUN DEC 1 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN EFFECT

FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT

FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ABOVE

  4500 FEET MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ABOVE 5000 FEET EARLY MONDAY

  MORNING. THEN SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER DURING THE MORNING ON MONDAY

  AND INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON TO 3500 TO 4500 FEET. SNOW WILL

  DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER LIGHT

  SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE AND HIGHER TERRAIN

  IN THE CASCADES ABOVE 4500 FEET AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 140.

* WINDS...WEST 12 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN

  EXPOSED LOCATIONS. 

* IMPACTS... SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON AREA

  ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER

  LAKE...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...AND HIGHWAY 138 AT

  DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT. ALSO PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE

  VISIBILITIES AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 

  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT

VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND

BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN

AREAS. ALSO PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL

DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED

VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.