Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- February 28, 9:00 PM PST to February 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Cascades in Lane County forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
The storm off the coast continued to send surges of moisture into southern Oregon causing heavy snow accumulations at higher elevations of the South Cascades and South Central Oregon. Chemult recieved 6 inches, while Crater Lake recieved 9 inches and Diamond Lake 6 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.
The storm off the coast continued to send surges of moisture into southern Oregon causing heavy snow accumulations at higher elevations of the South Cascades and South Central Oregon. Chemult recieved 6 inches, while Crater Lake recieved 9 inches and Diamond Lake 6 inches.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- February 28, 9:00 PM PST to February 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge 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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- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 28, 1996
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- High Wind in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 28, 1996
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: 5558235, 5558236.