Winter Storm, South Central Oregon
- When
- January 2, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- South Central Oregon forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
Winter Storm in Oregon, January 2, 1998
A car skidded to the shoulder of Hwy 97 just south of the Hwy 62 intersection and crashed into a snowplow head-on, killing both occupants of the car, a father and son from Canada.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- 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.
A car skidded to the shoulder of Hwy 97 just south of the Hwy 62 intersection and crashed into a snowplow head-on, killing both occupants of the car, a father and son from Canada.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm, South Central Oregon | 1998-01-02 | 43 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Winter Storm, South Central Oregon | 1998-01-02 | 16 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Heavy Rain in California, January 2 to 11, 1998
- Storm Surge in Florida, January 2, 1998 to January 3, 1999
- Flood in Florida, January 2 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 2 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 2 to 3, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, January 2 to 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, January 2, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in California, January 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5627240.