Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 1 to 2, 1999

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 1 to 2, 1999
Start: 1999-12-01T05:00
End: 1999-12-02T14:30
Location: Oregon

December 1 to 2, 1999 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy snow fell during the last 24 hours in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Many elevations over 4000 ft.

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 PDT wrote it up.

Heavy snow fell during the last 24 hours in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Many elevations over 4000 ft. received over one foot of accumulation. Tollgate, at an elevation of 5200 ft, had 24 inches of snow. Some other snow totals included 11 inches at Meacham (3800 ft.) and 5 inches at Austin (4200 ft.).

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Blue Mountains

When: December 1, 5:00 AM PST to December 2, 2:30 PM PST
Where: Blue Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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, December 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: 5724005.