Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 14, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 14, 1998
Start: 1998-04-14T02:00
End: 1998-04-14T07:00
Location: Oregon

April 14, 1998 · NWS PDT · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Snow fell across Gilliam, Morrow, and Umatilla counties above 1500 feet. 5 to 5 inches.

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 PDT wrote it up.

Snow fell across Gilliam, Morrow, and Umatilla counties above 1500 feet. Amounts ranged from 2.5 to 5 inches.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Sherman T X Nw/C N & X Sw Gilliam/N Morrow/Nw Umatilla

When: April 14, 2:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
Where: Sherman T X Nw/C N & X Sw Gilliam/N Morrow/Nw Umatilla forecast zone

Heavy Snow, C Morrow/Ws & Nc Umatilla/S Gilliam T X Sw

When: April 14, 2:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
Where: C Morrow/Ws & Nc Umatilla/S Gilliam T X Sw 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

Every storm in Oregon in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, April 1998

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: 5636431, 5636540.