Heavy Snow, Douglas/Se Chelan
- When
- February 12, 6:30 AM PST to 10:30 AM PST
- Where
- Douglas/Se Chelan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.184, -117.511 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 inches new snow in 4 hours
Heavy Snow in Washington, February 12 to 23, 1998
3 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Ne Okanogan/Ferry/Stevens/Pend Oreille
- When
- February 20, 8:00 PM PST to February 21, 7:20 AM PST
- Where
- Ne Okanogan/Ferry/Stevens/Pend Oreille forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.610, -119.173 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
5 inches new snow overnight
Heavy Snow, S Garfield/W Asotin
- When
- February 23, 2:00 AM PST to 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- S Garfield/W Asotin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.312, -117.374 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 inches new snow 10 miles south of Pomeroy at an elevation of 3000 feet
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
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in New York, February 12, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 17, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 12 to 14, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Washington in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 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: 5629949, 5629948, 5629950.