Heavy Snow, North Oregon Cascades Foothills
- When
- February 25, 9:00 AM PST to February 26, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- North Oregon Cascades Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 25 to 26, 1996
Cold, moist and unstable air being drawn around a low pressure over the inland northwest produced widespread heavy snow showers over the Cascades, Columbia Basin and the Northeast Mountains. Crater Lake recieved 6 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Cold, moist and unstable air being drawn around a low pressure over the inland northwest produced widespread heavy snow showers over the Cascades, Columbia Basin and the Northeast Mountains. Crater Lake recieved 6 inches. In the Columbia Basin, Pilot Rock reported 6 inches and Hepner recieved 4 inches of snow. Austin and Tipton in the Northeast Mountains recieved 6 inches.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- February 25, 9:00 AM PST to February 26, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- February 25, 3:00 PM PST to February 26, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Cascades in Lane County 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
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, February 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 25 to 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, February 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Massachusetts, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Rhode Island, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 25 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in New Hampshire, February 25, 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: 5558222, 5558223, 5558224.