Heavy Snow — South Central Oregon Cascades, Oregon

2022-04-10 to 2022-04-12 · South Central Oregon Cascades, Oregon

Event narrative

The cooperative observer at Crater Lake National Park reported 16.9 inches of snow in around 12 hours, ending at 11/0800 PDT. The same observer reported an additional 19.2 inches of snow in 24 hours ending at 12/0800 PDT, an additional 25.0 inches of snow in 24 hours ending at 13/0800 PDT, an an additional 11.0 inches of snow in 24 hours ending at 14/0800 PDT. That makes a storm total of 72.1 inches of snow in around 84 hours.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure stalled over the Pacific Northwest supported a relatively long snow event over southwest and south central Oregon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1008187. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.