Heavy Snow — Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon

2021-02-14 to 2021-02-15 · Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon

Event narrative

The NWS Pendleton Office recorded 8 inches of new snow at 10:00am on Feb. 15th and a snow depth of 15 inches. A Co-Op observer 10 miles SW of Pendleton, OR recorded 7.2 inches of snowfall in a 24 hour period ending at 8:15am PST on Feb. 15th and a snow depth of 14 inches.

Wider weather episode

A cold front and upper level trough in northwest flow aloft resulted in another round of light to moderate snowfall across the forecast area starting during the day on Sunday Feb. 14th through the morning of Monday February 15th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 935185. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.