Heavy Snow, Northern Cascades
- When
- January 22, 12:00 AM PST to January 23, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Cascades forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 22 to 23, 1999
Another snowstorm resulted in 10 inches of new snow at Timberline Lodge and Santiam Pass, 8 inches at Government Camp and Willamette Pass, and 6 inches at Warm Springs. The snow level was very low, and an inch of snow accumulated in the higher elevations of the Portland metropolitan area before it quickly melted.
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.
Another snowstorm resulted in 10 inches of new snow at Timberline Lodge and Santiam Pass, 8 inches at Government Camp and Willamette Pass, and 6 inches at Warm Springs. The snow level was very low, and an inch of snow accumulated in the higher elevations of the Portland metropolitan area before it quickly melted.
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
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- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, January 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Texas, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 30, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 1999
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689615.