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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
256 AM PDT FRI MAY 3 2024
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WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-
256 AM PDT FRI MAY 3 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...
* WHAT...WET SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40
MPH.
* WHERE...MOSTLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SAWYERS BAR ROAD NEAR MT.
ETNA.
* WHEN...FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A QUICK CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR
DURING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION, AND THERE IS A 70% CHANCE FOR
SNOWFALL RATES TO REACH AN INCH PER HOUR THROUGH 5 AM.
* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT
HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=MFR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
* CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
* SEE HTTPS://QUICKMAP.DOT.CA.GOV FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS.
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
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SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF CRESCENT LAKE
256 AM PDT FRI MAY 3 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES FROM HIGHWAY 140 NORTHWARD.
THIS INCLUDES LAKE OF THE WOODS, HIGHWAY 62 AND 138 AT CRATER
LAKE AND DIAMOND LAKE, AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 58 NEAR CRESCENT
LAKE AND WILLAMETTE PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP QUICKLY OVERNIGHT
FRIDAY AND RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION. THERE IS A 70 PERCENT CHANCE FOR 1 INCH AN HOUR
SNOWFALL RATES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BETWEEN 4AM AND 8AM.
SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIGHTEN AFTER THAT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
VERY COLD SATURDAY NIGHT, AND ANY WET ROADS IN THE CASCADES
COULD REFREEZE.
* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT
HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=MFR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
* CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
* SEE HTTPS://WWW.TRIPCHECK.COM FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS.
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
VISIT US AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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