Heavy Snow, Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane
- When
- January 6, 7:00 AM PST to January 7, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 6 to 7, 1998
New snow accumulations of 10 inches at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, 9 inches at Santiam Pass, and 8 inches at Mt.
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 PQR wrote it up.
New snow accumulations of 10 inches at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, 9 inches at Santiam Pass, and 8 inches at Mt. Hood Meadows were reported.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Ice Storm in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 6 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, January 6 to 7, 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: 5630555.