Oregon, 1998

Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 17 to 18, 1998

December 17 to 18, 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, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When
December 17, 9:00 PM PST to December 18, 12:00 PM PST
Where
Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Up to eight inches of snow fell in the mountains of northeast Oregon overnight. The heaviest amount of snow fell in the southwest part of the mountains.

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

More

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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: 5675372.