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Heavy Snow in Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties, Washington

Heavy Snow April 3, 2022 – April 5, 2022 · Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snow began to fall during the late evening hours of April 3rd in the Southern Cascades and peaked in intensity throughout the day on the 4th and into the 5th. Overall snowfall totals for this event, per Paradise at Mount Rainier was around 30 inches.

The wider storm

A strong early-spring storm system affected Western Washington, bringing very heavy snow to the Washington Cascades.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1021873. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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