Heavy Snow in Lower Columbia, Washington

Heavy Snow February 6, 2014 – February 7, 2014 · Lower Columbia, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 506575. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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