Heavy Snow — Lower Columbia, Washington

2014-02-06 to 2014-02-07 · Lower Columbia, Washington

Event narrative

Light snow began early in the morning, then increased during the afternoon resulting in a Winter Weather Advisory being upgraded to a Winter Weather Warning. A person from the gernal public reported 7 inches of snow in Woodland, and two trained NWS spotters reported 6 inches of snow at Kalama and Longview.

Wider weather episode

A preceding cold arctic air mass combined with a moist Pacific storm resulted in widespread heavy snow for Southwest Washington. East winds through the Columbia River Gorge maintained colder air to the north where the precipitation fell mainly as snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 506575. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.