Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 8 to 9, 1999

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 8 to 9, 1999
Start: 1999-04-08T11:00
End: 1999-04-09T06:00
Location: Oregon

April 8 to 9, 1999 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When: April 8, 11:00 AM PST to April 9, 6:00 AM PST
Where: Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A late season snow storm moved across Northeast Oregon and caused I-84 to close for several hours. Eight to ten inches of snow fell in Tollgate during the day and overnight. Four to five inches of snow fell in Cove during the day. Four inches of snow fell in Meacham during the afternoon and evening. I-84 was closed from 7 PM to 930 PM due to the weather conditions and numerous vehicles accidents. At least two people were taken to a hospital, treated and released.

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

Every storm in Oregon in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, April 1999

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: 5691487.