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WWUS86 KMFR 212114
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
214 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013
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WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA...
WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE...
DORRIS...ALTURAS...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...BANDON...
PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH...
DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...
CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...
STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE...
CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...
SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...
CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW
214 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013
A FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE CASCADES.
SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. VERY GUSTY WINDS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...A COLD SHOWERY
AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALSO
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 2600 FEET BY TONIGHT.
COLD SHOWERS WILL BRING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO ALL SOUTHERN
OREGON CASCADE PASSES AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER SISKIYOU SUMMIT. SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF
BEAR CAMP ROAD. STATE ROUTE 45 TO THE OREGON CAVES MAY ALSO SEE
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW. OVERNIGHT SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP BRIEFLY
DOWN TO LOWER PASSES LIKE SEXTON SUMMIT AS WELL. HOWEVER...WITH
THE LONGER DAYS AND HIGHER SUN ANGLES...SOIL AND ROAD TEMPERATURES
ARE QUITE WARM AND SNOW MAY MELT QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY BELOW 3500
FEET ELEVATION.
COLD NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BRING BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
EAST OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN PLACES
EAST OF THE CASCADES MAY DROP INTO THE MID TO LOWER 20S...POSSIBLY
CAUSING UNPROTECTED EXPOSED PIPES TO BURST. WEST OF THE CASCADES
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER IN THE MID 30S FOR MANY
LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND AROUND FREEZING IN THE SHASTA VALLY.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR
UPDATES AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES.
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