Oregon, 1999

Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 14 to 15, 1999

January 14 to 15, 1999 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy snow in the Cascades accompanied the first significant storm of the month. Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood reported 17 inches of new snow, while Mt Hood and Meadows and Government Camp had 10 inches, and Bennett Pass received 8 inches.

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.

Heavy snow in the Cascades accompanied the first significant storm of the month. Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood reported 17 inches of new snow, while Mt Hood and Meadows and Government Camp had 10 inches, and Bennett Pass received 8 inches.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane

When
January 14, 8:00 PM PST to January 15, 2:00 AM PST
Where
Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689603.