Heavy Snow, Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM PST to December 2, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 1 to 2, 1999
A very moist pacific frontal system brought heavy snows to the Cascades. 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.
A very moist pacific frontal system brought heavy snows to the Cascades. Mt. Hood Medows received 22 inches, Timberline 19, Mt Bachelor 18 and Bennett Pass 17 inches.
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
- Drought in South Dakota, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Kentucky, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Illinois, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Missouri, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, December 1, 1999
- Drought in Minnesota, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Indiana, December 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 1 to 2, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1 to 2, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 1, 1999
- Drought in Nebraska, December 1 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5724068.