Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 14 to 15, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 14 to 15, 1998
Start: 1998-04-14T17:00
End: 1998-04-15T05:30
Location: Oregon

April 14 to 15, 1998 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Central Oregon

When: April 14, 5:00 PM PST to April 15, 5:30 AM PST
Where: Central Oregon forecast zone

Five to six inches of new snow fell in an area 5-10 miles south of Prineville at an elevation of 3500-4000 feet. Ten inches of snow fell in Ochoco Pass on Highway 26.

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: 5636542.