Heavy Snow — Grand Ronde Valley, Oregon

2020-02-04 to 2020-02-05 · Grand Ronde Valley, Oregon

Event narrative

New snow of 17.5 inches 5 NNE La Grande and 26.5 inches 1 NNW La Grande. Widespread snow amounts above 10 inches.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm with copious moisture dumped 1 to locally 2+ feet of snow over the eastern mountains and valleys February 4th and 5th. This was the precursor to significant flooding that occurred later in the week when the snow melted due a warm-up and heavy rains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 870199. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.