Heavy Snow, Kittitas Valley
- When
- December 30, 6:30 AM PST to 8:30 AM PST
- Where
- Kittitas Valley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.791, -120.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Washington, December 30, 1996
Hanger at Midstate Aviation collapsed at 830 AM becouse of heavy snow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 PDT wrote it up.
Hanger at Midstate Aviation collapsed at 830 AM becouse of heavy snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flood in California, December 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 30 to 31, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 30, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 30 to 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 30 to 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, December 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 30, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 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: 5564270.