Oregon, 1999

Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 17 to 18, 1999

February 17 to 18, 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
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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Central Oregon

When
February 17, 10:00 PM PST to February 18, 9:00 AM PST
Where
Central Oregon forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Ten inches of snow fell in the town of Sisters. Eight inches of new snow fell overnight in Sunriver. Five inches of snow fell in Bend. The heavy snowfall caused numerous school cancellations and delays. There were also numerous car accidents and spin-outs.

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

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: 5689481.