Oregon, 1998

Winter Storm in Oregon, December 5, 1998

December 5, 1998 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.

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Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S

When
December 5, 7:40 PM PST
Where
Josephine T X Se/Jackson T X S forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Spotter near Green Springs Summit reported 8 to 10 inches of snow today...still snowing lightly.

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: 5674493.