Heavy Snow, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow
- When
- February 13, 8:00 PM PST to February 14, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 13 to 14, 1999
Five inches of snow fell overnight in Meacham, 4 inches fell in La Grande, Lostine, and Ukiah; 3 inches inches fell at the John Day airport and in the town of Union.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Five inches of snow fell overnight in Meacham, 4 inches fell in La Grande, Lostine, and Ukiah; 3 inches inches fell at the John Day airport and in the town of Union.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Grant/Wheeler/Crook T Sw/E Jefferson/Se Wasco
- When
- February 13, 8:00 PM PST to February 14, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Grant/Wheeler/Crook T Sw/E Jefferson/Se Wasco 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
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 13, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 13, 1999
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 14, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 13, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 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: 5689475, 5689476.