Oregon, 1999

Winter Storm in Oregon, February 5 to 7, 1999

February 5 to 7, 1999 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong winter storm moved into Southern Oregon and Northern California on this date. Several reported stations had snowfall amounts which exceeded Winter Storm Warning criteria.

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 MFR wrote it up.

A strong winter storm moved into Southern Oregon and Northern California on this date. Several reported stations had snowfall amounts which exceeded Winter Storm Warning criteria. A Winter Storm Warning was issued for this system at 1457 LST on 02/05/99 and was cancelled at 0515 LST on 02/07/99.

Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, E Douglas/X W Klamath/X S Jackson/X Se Josephine

When
February 5, 3:00 PM PST to February 7, 7:00 AM PST
Where
E Douglas/X W Klamath/X S Jackson/X Se Josephine forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Official storm totals: 20" at Crater Lake; 22" at Howard Prairie; 15" at Siskiyou Summit.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

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: 5684062.