Heavy Snow, Central Oregon
- When
- January 10, 3:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 10, 2000
11 inches of new snow fell in La Pine at an elevation of 4200 ft in Deschutes County. Sisters received 9 inches and Sunriver had 6 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 PDT wrote it up.
11 inches of new snow fell in La Pine at an elevation of 4200 ft in Deschutes County. Sisters received 9 inches and Sunriver had 6 inches. Mt. Bachelor recorded 29 inches of snow in 24 hours. This storm led to a fatality when icy roads caused a collision between a car and a logging truck on Highway 26 at the Ochoco Resevoir east of Prineville.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow, Central Oregon | 2000-01-10 | 30 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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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More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5131853.