Oregon, 2000

Winter Storm in Oregon, December 21, 2000

December 21, 2000 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
5
Property damage
$170,000
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 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, North Central Oregon

When
December 21, 5:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Where
North Central Oregon forecast zone
Injuries
5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$170,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

Light freezing rain that fell early in the morning left roads slick. This lead to at least 7 accidents over a period of 5 hours near the town of Madras. The most serious accident was a rollover on Highway 97 near High Bridge that injured several people.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2000

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: 5165509.