Special/Severe Weather Informaion for Oregon

SPSMFR

CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-032100-
WWUS86 KMFR 022045

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
145PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...

UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH INLAND HIGHS ON TUESDAY 15 TO
20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AND SNOW
LEVELS WILL BOTTOM OUT NEAR 4500 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. FROM SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AT THE COAST AND OVER INLAND VALLEYS. OVER AN INCH OF
PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. IT WILL ALSO BE VERY
WINDY ON MOUNTAIN PEAKS ABOVE 7000 FEET MONDAY WITH GUSTS EXPECTED
TO BE AROUND 40 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM WEST SIDE VALLEYS TO AREAS EAST OF THE
CASCADES.

THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK SHOULD EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR MOUNTAIN
SNOWFALL LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

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SPSPDT
ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-030630
WWUS86 KPDT 021821

EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...DUFUR...
MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND...BOARDMAN...
HERMISTON...IONE...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION...
ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK...
NORTH POWDER...UKIAH...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...
MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA...
ATHENA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...
BEND...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE...SISTERS...SUNRIVER...
WHITE SALMON...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...
TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...
WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT...APPLETON...
CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE...BICKLETON...
GOLDENDALE
1121 AM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY...

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND ON MONDAY THAT
WILL BRING NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS OVER MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON
AND EASTERN OREGON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED FROM THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE JOHN DAY BASIN EAST TO THE
IDAHO BORDER. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN
UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
AND A LOT OF ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM...THEREFORE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. IN
ADDITION...IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL AND LOCALLY WINDY.

CAMPERS...HIKERS...AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THIS WET WEATHER SYSTEM AND THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU OBSERVE SHARP RISES ALONG CREEKS AND
STREAMS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...SEEK HIGHER GROUND. SEEK SHELTER IF
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.


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