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| | name = February 11–14, 2021 North American storm complex | |||
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| The '''February 11–14, 2021 North American storm complex''' was a ], and ] in the ], which impacted the ], bringing heavy snow and ice accumulation to that region before ] United States within a few days. It was unofficially named ''Winter Storm Tabitha'' by ].<ref name="Tabitha">{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/safety/winter/news/2021-02-11-winter-storm-weekend-ice-snow-mid-atlantic-northeast|title=Winter Storm Tabitha to Arrive in the East this Weekend|website=weather.com|publisher=]|date=February 13, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| ==Meteorological history== | |||
| Strong east winds from a high pressure system bough cold air from Canada into ] and ]. These winds blowing from the east through the ] produced well below freezing temperatures in the Portland metropolitan area on President's Day weekend and the days prior. Simultaneously, two systems from the Pacific Ocean were expected to result in snow and freezing rain in the Portland area due to the aforementioned influx of cold, arctic air. The first system arrived on Thursday afternoon, producing snow accumulation in the Olympia, Washington area. In Portland, temperatures were not cold enough to result in much more than a dusting from light snow flurries. Overnight, the second system of moisture arrived and produced steady snow and freezing rain in the Portland area throughout Friday and into Saturday early morning. By Saturday daybreak, Clark County, Washington had received from 7-12 inches of snow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/feb/13/winter-storm-brings-inches-of-snow-to-clark-county/|title=Winter storm brings inches of snow to Clark County|website=The Columbian}}</ref> | |||
| According to Portland National Weather Service, The 6.1 inches of snowfall at the Portland NWS office Feb 12 ties the airport Feb daily record of 6.1 inches set Feb 19, 1993.<ref>https://www.koin.com/weather/winter-storm-warnings-widespread-impacts-portland-willamette-valley/#:~:text=According%20to%20Portland%20National%20Weather,set%20Feb%2019%2C%201993%E2%80%9D.</ref> | |||
| The event proved to be historic for the Portland area in the month of February. | |||
| ==Effects== | |||
| Precipitation type and amount varied in the Portland metropolitan area from 10 inches of snow to 1.5 inches of ice. | |||
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/02/11/oregon-washington-snow-live-updates/|title=Winter storm warning in effect until Monday throughout Northwest; more snow, freezing rain expected|website=opb}}</ref> | |||
| The storm brought large amounts of snow and ice to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States,specifically the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area and Olympia, Washington area south of Seattle. The storm has left 200,000 people without power in Oregon and Washington state as of Saturday February 13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/snow-ice-storm-portland-metro-willamette-valley-power-outages-02132021/|title=200K powerless as storm ravages Oregon, Washington|date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| Marion County in Oregon, including Canby received an inch to an inch-and-a-half of ice, causing widespread damage to trees, including downed trees causing damage to some homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgw.com/article/weather/severe-weather/kgw-reporter-notebook-snow-ice-storm-portland-oregon-saturday-february-13-2021/283-1d6a07d6-4f6c-4c5b-b72f-e6494cbf8685|title=KGW reporter notebook: Snow, ice lead to downed trees, power lines across Portland metro area|website=kgw.com}}</ref> | |||
| 9 counties of Oregon were placed in a severe winter weather state of emergency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-emergency-declaration-gov-kate-brown-severe-winter-weather/|title=Storm puts 9 Oregon counties in state of emergency|date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| {{Portal|Weather|North America}} | |||
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| {{United States winter storms}} | |||
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