Winter Storm, Central Willamette Valley
- When
- February 5, 12:00 AM PST to February 6, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Willamette Valley forecast zone
Winter Storm in Oregon, February 5 to 6, 1996
Moisture overunning cold air in the Columbia River Basin and Columbia Gorge produced freezing rain at Pendleton, Cascade Locks, The Dalles and Irrigon. This system produced heavy snow in the northeast Oregon mountains with 8 inches accumulation at Tollgate and 4 inches at Flora.
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.
Moisture overunning cold air in the Columbia River Basin and Columbia Gorge produced freezing rain at Pendleton, Cascade Locks, The Dalles and Irrigon. This system produced heavy snow in the northeast Oregon mountains with 8 inches accumulation at Tollgate and 4 inches at Flora.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, North Oregon Cascades Foothills
- When
- February 5, 12:00 AM PST to February 6, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- North Oregon Cascades Foothills forecast zone
Winter Storm, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- February 5, 12:00 AM PST to February 6, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Florida, February 5, 1996
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 5, 1996
- Debris Flows in Oregon, February 5 to 9, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 5, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 5, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 5 to 7, 1996
- Cold in Maryland, February 5 to 7, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 5 to 6, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, February 5 to 9, 1996
- Flooding in Missouri, February 5 to 9, 1996
- Cold in Virginia, February 5 to 7, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 5 to 7, 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: 5558043, 5558044, 5558045.