Heavy Snow, Moses Lake Area
- When
- March 15, 11:00 AM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Moses Lake Area forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.095, -119.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Washington, March 15, 1997
S. Highway 95.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 SEW wrote it up.
3 to 5 inches of snow fell around Spokane distrupting traffic along I-90 and U.S. Highway 95. Snoqualmie Pass also closed for the day.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Columbia Basin
- When
- March 15, 11:00 AM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Upper Columbia Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.610, -119.173 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Cold in North Carolina, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 15 to 19, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 15 to 19, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 15 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 15 to 16, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 15 to 18, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, March 15 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 15, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 15 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, March 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Washington in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, March 1997
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: 5596623, 5596624.