Heavy Snow, Baker
- When
- February 9, 2:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Baker forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 9, 1999
A winter storm produced heavy snow over Baker County and local heavy snow over Southeast Oregon. In Baker County 12 inches fell at Sumpter and Unity with 8 inches reported from Baker City.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 BOI wrote it up.
A winter storm produced heavy snow over Baker County and local heavy snow over Southeast Oregon. In Baker County 12 inches fell at Sumpter and Unity with 8 inches reported from Baker City. In Southeast Oregon 4 to 5 inches fell in the Burns area, with 6 inches reported from Frenchglen. Eight to 9 inches fell near Juntura.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southeast Oregon
- When
- February 9, 2:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southeast Oregon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 9, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, February 9 to 10, 1999
- Winter Storm and Damaging Winds in Idaho, February 9 to 10, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, February 9 to 10, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, February 9, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in California, February 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, February 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 9, 1999
- Dust Storm in California, February 9, 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: 5682601, 5682602.