Oregon, 1998

Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 27, 1998

March 27, 1998 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy snow fell in the North Coast Range at unseasonably low elevations behind a Pacific cold front. Sunset Summit reported 5 inches of new snow and Wilson River Summit reported a total of 4 inches of new snow.

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.

Heavy snow fell in the North Coast Range at unseasonably low elevations behind a Pacific cold front. Sunset Summit reported 5 inches of new snow and Wilson River Summit reported a total of 4 inches of new snow.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Clatsop/Tillamook

When
March 27, 6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where
Clatsop/Tillamook forecast zone

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: 5634808.