Heavy Snow in Oregon, May 2 to 3, 1999

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, May 2 to 3, 1999
Start: 1999-05-02T20:00
End: 1999-05-03T10:30
Location: Oregon

May 2 to 3, 1999 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow

When: May 2, 8:00 PM PST to May 3, 10:30 AM PST
Where: Wallowa/Union/E & S Umatilla/S Morrow forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Up to 5 inches of snow fell overnight in Tollgate (5100 feet elevation). The wind also caused blowing snow and reduced visibility.

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

Every storm in Oregon in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, May 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: 5693972.