Heavy Snow, Northern Cascades
- When
- January 10, 12:00 PM PST to January 13, 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Cascades forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 10 to 13, 2000
An intense, prolonged winter storm brought heavy snow to much of Northwest Oregon. Thirty six hour snow accumulations included 61 inches at Timberline, Mt Hood Meadows 55 inches, Santiam Pass 59 inches, Blue box 64 inches, Mt Bachelor 35 inches and Bennett Pass 28 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 intense, prolonged winter storm brought heavy snow to much of Northwest Oregon. Thirty six hour snow accumulations included 61 inches at Timberline, Mt Hood Meadows 55 inches, Santiam Pass 59 inches, Blue box 64 inches, Mt Bachelor 35 inches and Bennett Pass 28 inches. In the Coastal Mountains Mist had 15 inches, Sunset 22 inches, Buxton 20 inches and Wilson River Highway Summit 14 inches. In the Cascade Foothills, Marion Forks had 34 inches, Detroit 24 inches and Estacada 18 inches. Along the Coastal Beaches Tillamook had 2 to 3 inches and Seaside 2 inches. In the Portland Hills Skyline Boulevard locations repoted 9 to 13 inches, with 7 to 10 inches at Sylvan and in the West Hills. Newburg in the Central Willamette Valley reported 6 inches and Cheshire in the Southern Willamette Valley reported 4 inches.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Willamette Valley Including Portland Metro Area
- When
- January 10, 12:00 PM PST to January 13, 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Willamette Valley Including Portland Metro Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow, Central Willamette Valley Including Salem
- When
- January 10, 12:00 PM PST to January 13, 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Willamette Valley Including Salem forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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
- Hail and High Wind in Ohio, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, January 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 10, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in New York, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 10, 2000
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: 5131081, 5131082, 5131083.