Heavy Snow, Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane
- When
- December 5, 2:00 PM PST to December 6, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 5 to 6, 1998
Heavy snow fell in the Cascades and higher elevations in the foothills and Willamette Valley. In the cascades, 17 inches fell at Timberline Lodge and Santiam Pass, 16 inches at Willamette pass, and 13 inches at Mt Bachelor.
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 PQR wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell in the Cascades and higher elevations in the foothills and Willamette Valley. In the cascades, 17 inches fell at Timberline Lodge and Santiam Pass, 16 inches at Willamette pass, and 13 inches at Mt Bachelor. Accumulations in the lower elevations were in the 1 to 3 inch range, causing hazardous driving conditions.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Columbia/C & W Multnomah/Washington/Nw Clackamas
- When
- December 5, 2:00 PM PST to December 6, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Columbia/C & W Multnomah/Washington/Nw Clackamas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Tornadoes and High Wind in California, December 5 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, December 5 to 6, 1998
- Tornado in California, December 5, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 5 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 5 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 5 to 6, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 5, 1998
- Flood in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 5, 1998
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: 5677667, 5677668.