Heavy Snow — Cascades in Lane County, Oregon

2014-01-11 to 2014-01-12 · Cascades in Lane County, Oregon

Event narrative

Heavy snow was determined for the Lane County Cascades by the Roaring River SNOTEL station (ROR03) at 4900 feet where 15 inches of snow was measured between 0800 PST January 11th through 0400 PST January 12th. The 1 inch per hour criteria was met at 1600 PST on January 11th.

Wider weather episode

A complex low pressure system brought a couple of fronts across the Pacific Northwest January 11 through January 12, and resulted in heavy snow for the Northern Oregon Cascades.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 496894. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.