Oregon, 1998

Winter Storm in Oregon, December 11, 1998

December 11, 1998 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, 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 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When
December 11, 8:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
Where
Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Six to eight inches of snow fell at an elevation of 5200 feet. At 4000 feet, freezing rain turned to snow at 2 PM with four inches of new snow by 5 PM.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 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: 5675371.