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Heavy Snow in Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon

Heavy Snow February 11, 2021 – February 13, 2021 · Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

A public report originating from 13 miles SSW of Lexington, OR indicated an estimated 8 inches of snowfall at 6:00pm PST on Feb. 12th. A Co-Op Observer in Heppner, OR reported 6 inches of snowfall in a 24 hour period ending at 10:21am PST on Feb. 13th with 10 inches of total snowfall.

The wider storm

A series of winter systems moved through the region starting Thursday Jan. 11th through Saturday Jan. 13th, and produced moderate to heavy snow across much of the forecast area. Persistent northwest flow aloft also sustained snow showers across the mountains between the systems. The second system was far more productive, with many lower elevation areas seeing 4-7 inches and locally higher of additional accumulating snow during this period of time.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 935120. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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