Heavy Snow, Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane
- When
- May 2, 7:00 PM PST to May 3, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Multnomah/C & S Hood River/E Clakamas/E Marion/E Linn/E Lane forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, May 2 to 3, 1999
An exceptionally potent late season Pacific storm, the last of many such storms in the snowiest season in years, dumped 28 inches of snow at Timberline Lodge, 27 inches at Mt Hood Meadows, and 14 inches at Government Camp on Mt Hood. Santiam Pass also reported 10 inches of new snow.
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.
An exceptionally potent late season Pacific storm, the last of many such storms in the snowiest season in years, dumped 28 inches of snow at Timberline Lodge, 27 inches at Mt Hood Meadows, and 14 inches at Government Camp on Mt Hood. Santiam Pass also reported 10 inches of new snow.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 2 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 2 to 30, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 2, 1999
- Wildfire in Michigan, May 2 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 2, 1999
- Flood in Idaho, May 2 to 5, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 2, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Utah, May 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 2, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 2, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, May 2 to 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5694260.