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Heavy Snow in Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties, Washington

Heavy Snow December 22, 2021 – December 26, 2021 · Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

A long duration period of heavy snow affected the Southern Cascades during the latter part of December. Snow began on Dec 22 and really ramped up in intensity around Dec 24-25, with about 2 feet of new snow reported after the Christmas holiday.

The wider storm

A series of storm systems amidst a much colder airmass over the Pacific Northwest yielded a long duration mountain snow event, affecting both the Cascades and the Olympics.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 998621. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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