Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- April 11, 10:00 AM PST to April 12, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 11 to 13, 1996
A Pacific storm system brought heavy snow to the Northern Oregon Cascades and the Northeast Mountains. Timberline and Willamette Pass recieved 6 inches and Spout Springs 4 inches on the 12th and 5 more inches on the 13th as the storm exited the state.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A Pacific storm system brought heavy snow to the Northern Oregon Cascades and the Northeast Mountains. Timberline and Willamette Pass recieved 6 inches and Spout Springs 4 inches on the 12th and 5 more inches on the 13th as the storm exited the state.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- April 11, 10:00 AM PST to April 13, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5556781, 5556782.