Heavy Snow, Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane
- When
- February 22, 6:00 AM PST to February 23, 3:00 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, February 22 to 23, 1999
A cold front dumped heavy snow over the mountains of NW Oregon and SW Washington. The heaviest snow accumulation reported received was 14 inches in 12 hours at Santiam Pass.
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 cold front dumped heavy snow over the mountains of NW Oregon and SW Washington. The heaviest snow accumulation reported received was 14 inches in 12 hours at Santiam Pass. Less snow was received farther north, Mt Hood Meadows ski area reported only 6 inches from the storm.
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
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 22 to 23, 1999
- Cold in New Hampshire, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 22, 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: 5689160.