Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- March 4, 12:00 PM PST to March 5, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 4 to 5, 1996
A Pacific storm system off the coast rotated moisture over oregon producing heavy snow in the Cascades, Columbia Basin and Northeast Mountains. Crater Lake recieved 9 inches, Timberline 6 inches, Condon 4 inches and in the mountains south of Hepner, 4 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A Pacific storm system off the coast rotated moisture over oregon producing heavy snow in the Cascades, Columbia Basin and Northeast Mountains. Crater Lake recieved 9 inches, Timberline 6 inches, Condon 4 inches and in the mountains south of Hepner, 4 inches.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- March 4, 3:00 PM PST to March 5, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Cascades in Lane County forecast zone
Heavy Snow, North Oregon Cascades Foothills
- When
- March 5, 6:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- North Oregon Cascades Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- March 5, 6:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades 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
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 4 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 4 to 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 5, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, March 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: 5556765, 5556766, 5556767, 5556768.