Heavy Snow, Northern Cascades
- When
- December 12, 9:00 PM PST to December 14, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Cascades forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 12 to 14, 1999
A surge of cold air following a strong Pacific frontal system brought heavy snow to the Cascade Mtns, Cascade foothils and Coastal Mtns. Timberline reported 33 inches, Mt Hood Meadows 28 inches,and Bennett Pass 23 inches.
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 surge of cold air following a strong Pacific frontal system brought heavy snow to the Cascade Mtns, Cascade foothils and Coastal Mtns. Timberline reported 33 inches, Mt Hood Meadows 28 inches,and Bennett Pass 23 inches. In the foothills Marion Forks reported 17 inches and in the Coastal Range Buxton had 4 inches, Wilson 8 inches and Sunset 2 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
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 12, 1999
- Cold in California, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 12, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 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: 5724076.