000 SXUS76 KPQR 100139 RERPQR RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 540 PM PST THU MAR 09 2006 ...RECORD LATEST SNOWFALL IN PORTLAND... THIS IS ONE OF THE LATEST DATES IN PORTLAND AIRPORT HISTORY FOR SNOW SO LATE IN THE SEASON...BUT IS IT THE LATEST IN WINTER THAT PORTLAND HAS RECEIVED MEASURABLE SNOW? NOT QUITE...BUT CLOSE. AS FOR THE RECORD... CRITERIA DATE LATEST IN WINTER WITH 0.1 INCH OR MORE MARCH 10 1951 LATEST IN WINTER WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE MARCH 8 1951 DURING THE STORM IN 1951...8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE PORTLAND AIRPORT. NOW...HOW MUCH SNOW DID FALL IN THE AREA? DURING THE LAST 18 TO 24 HOURS...THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA SAW SNOW FALL LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. FOR SOME LOCATIONS...THE SNOW DID NOT MELT TODAY IN THE HILLS AROUND THE AREA...WHILE IT DID FOR MOST ALL AREAS BELOW 500 FEET ELEVATION. PORTLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MEASURED 0.3 INCH OF SNOW. OTHER SNOWFALLS AROUND THE METROPOLITAN AREA...AND THE VALLEY: LOCATION ELEVATION TOTAL SNOWFALL GASTON, OREGON 750 FT 6 TO 8 INCHES 85TH/SYLVAN HILL ABOUT 1200 FT 7.5 INCHES LONGVIEW (IN HILLS) --- 7 INCHE BUXTON, OREGON --- 6 INCHES LIVINGSTON MTN, VANCOUVER 1500 FT 5 INCHES CAMAS, WA --- 5 INCHES NE VANCOUVER, WA 1400 FT 4 INCHES HOCKINSON, WA 450 FT 4 INCHES BRUSH PRAIRIE, WA 800 FT 4 INCHES WEST LINN, OREGON 500 FT 3 INCHES OREGON CITY, OREGON --- 3 INCHES MT TABOR, PORTLAND 800 FT 3 INCHES NUMBEROUS REPORTS FROM THE WEST HILLS OF PORTLAND 1000-1200 FT 2 TO 4 INCHES LA CENTER, WA 800 FT 1.0 INCH LAURELHURST, PORTLAND 150 FT 0.8 INCH LEBANON, OR 700 FT 3 INCHES TURNER HILLS NR SALEM 900 FT 1.0 INCH WILSONVILLE, OR 200 FT 1.0 INCH PHILOMATH, OR --- 1.0 INCH CORVALLIS, OR 260 FT 0.3 INCH SALEM, OR 225 FT TRACE EUGENE, OR 370 FT TRACE SPRINGFIELD, OR 400 FT TRACE ROCKEY