Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- January 16, 12:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 16, 1996
Moisture from a Pacific storm system pushed into South Central Oregon producing Areas of heavy snow. 13 inches to 15 inches of snow fell in the Chiloquin area with 10 inches at Rocky Point and 9 inches at Lorella.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 from a Pacific storm system pushed into South Central Oregon producing Areas of heavy snow. 13 inches to 15 inches of snow fell in the Chiloquin area with 10 inches at Rocky Point and 9 inches at Lorella.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 16 to 17, 1996
- Blizzard in Nebraska, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, January 16, 1996 to January 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, January 16 to 17, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, January 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, January 16, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, January 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560825.