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Heavy Snow in Western Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Heavy Snow February 20, 2018 · Western Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

Storm spotter reported 8 inches at Beacon Rock. Also, a CoCoRaHS observer recorded 6.9 inches in Corbett.

The wider storm

A cold low pressure system slid down the coast and stayed offshore, pulling cold air from east of the Cascades into western Oregon. This brought snow levels down to sea level, and moisture from the low pressure system meant snow down to the valley floor in the north Willamette Valley, and snow down to the Coast Range and Cascade Foothills farther south.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 742338. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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