Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- February 23, 3:00 PM PST to February 24, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 1996
Pacific moisture continued to stream onshore producing areas of heavy accumulation in southern Oregon. The Coast Range near Gold Beach recieved 3 to 4 inches.
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.
Pacific moisture continued to stream onshore producing areas of heavy accumulation in southern Oregon. The Coast Range near Gold Beach recieved 3 to 4 inches. Northern Klamath County reported 6 inches of snowfall. Lighter amounts from this storm fell over southeastern Oregon with 3 inches at Burns...and over the Columbia Basin with up to 3 inches of snowfall west of Pendleton.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- February 23, 3:00 PM PST to February 24, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon 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
- Heat in Alabama, February 23 to 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1996
- Heat in Georgia, February 23 to 27, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 23 to 24, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 23, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 1996
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: 5558219, 5558220.